RCSHM/F 188.1 - Skin, Mounted wet tissue
- Object numberRCSHM/F 188.1
- Scientific name
- Collection
- Category
- Object name
- Object name
- DescriptionPiece of skin from a bowhead whale. This specimen was one of many sent to the College from Captain John Ross's polar expedition of 1818. It was sent by John Edwards who was surgeon to Ross's ship, HMS Isabella.
- Collector/excavator
- presented
Physical Location
- LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
- Physical descriptionWet
- Material
- Inscription contentBalaena mysticetus
- Dimensions
- height: container 135 mm
- diameter: container 80 mm
