6th May, 2021 12:00

From the Curious to the Extraordinary

 
  Lot 142
 

TAXIDERMY: GEOFFROY'S CAT (LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

TAXIDERMY: GEOFFROY'S CAT (LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI), EARLY 20TH CENTURY,

a rare free standing full mount of a male specimen, a naively mounted piece, made and sold locally as a tourist souvenir from South America, the eyes are made of seeds, as glass taxidermy eyes would not have been available to the locals that mounted it.

Dimensions - 54 cms long, 32 cms high.

CITES Annex A, Appendix 1 (exempt)

Estimated at £300 - £400

 

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