Lot 124
TAXIDERMY - REASSEMBLED ELEPHANT BIRD EGG
Auction: 6 April 2013 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
on a fold-away wooden stand
Dimensions
32cm high, overall 47cm high
Footnote
Note: The elephant bird was a large flightless bird from the island of Madagascar, thought to have become extinct in the 17th century. It grew 11ft tall and it was probably the heaviest bird to have existed.