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Accession no.: |
N: 39b |
Object name: |
Egg |
Title: |
Egg |
Description: |
An Adelie penguin (pygoscelis adeliae) egg. One of two housed together in a cardboard box (originally addressed to Theodore Hamblin Ltd. and with stamps dating from 1940). The egg may have been collected in 1912 (semi-legible labels on the eggs may give this date). |
Classified name: |
SPRI theme |
natural history
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Current place name |
Antarctic regions
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UDC |
591.465.1 : 598.45
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Geographic UDC |
(*7)
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Getty AAT |
eggs
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Number of items: |
1 |
Full description: |
An Adélie penguin (pygoscelis adeliae) egg, with a label stuck over the drilled hole, and an ink inscription written directly onto the shell.
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Dimensions: |
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Length: 71mm, circumference: 195mm
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