Lot 496
TAXIDERMY LEOPARD SKIN Y
CIRCA 1920S
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 July 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
with claws, on a black backing with black trim
Dimensions
217cm long
Footnote
Note: This leopard skin was shot during the early 20th century by Andrew Robb who was a friend of James 'Jim' Corbett, the British-Indian hunter, turned conservationist. Robb hunted with Corbett during a time when he was commissioned to cull man-eating tigers in India. He worked in Darjeeling as an engineer on a single gauge railway which his father helped pioneer, and left this skin to his family at the time of his death.
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