On the Provenance of a Kunstkammer Elephant

The museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg exhibits a taxidermy piece and a skeleton of an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758), mounted in 1806-1807 for St. Petersburg Kunstkammer. The anatomical accuracy and the technique of this taxider...

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Main Author: Anastasia Fedotova
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Grupo Prohistoria 2024-12-01
Series:Prohistoria
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Online Access:https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1962
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