Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Egg
Details
Accession no.: | Y: 62/14 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Egg | ||||||||||
Title: | Egg | ||||||||||
Description: | An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg brought back from the Antarctic in 1840 by Dumont d'Urville's French Naval Expedition 1837-40 (Astrolabe and Zélée). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
An emperor penguin egg. The egg has a blowing hole at either end, and a central hole which has been covered with a paper disc. The side of the egg is cracked, and the crack has been papered over. Handwritten in ink on the egg is 'Aptenodytes Forsteri // Emperor Penguin' and '769'. There is also a printed paper label stuck to the egg reading '769'. |
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