DISPLAY CABINET with marine specimens
H2014.20
Custom-made, timber display cabinet with glass sliding doors to front, four legs to base and electrical fittings for lighting. Three shelves fitted inside with taxidermied specimens of large lobsters and other smaller specimens of Western Australian marine species. Inside walls of cabinet covered with small shells. Additional pieces fitted to top of cabinet include spherical ball shape covered with shells with seahorses affixed and a separate model of a sailing ship made from matchsticks with the name Florencio and a flag (Portugese?)
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | H2014.20 |
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| Accession Date: | 7 May 2015 |
| Acquisition Year: | 2014 |
Material
| Wood | 0 - Whole |
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| Shell |
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| Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer |
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| Glass |
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