A Fine Quality Contemporary Taxidermy Crow on Ebonised Plinth sub-Curios Height: 80 inches (at maximum

Height: 80 inches (at maximum adjustment)

Hallmarked for 1888

The brass buttons on the jacket are embossed with anchors so there is a nautical theme to the dummy

the mongoose and king cobra

and its skin is important to Hinduism – Brahmin boys are traditionally required to wear a strip of hide after performing the rite-of-passage ceremony ‘upanayana’ (literally

A Fine Quality Contemporary Taxidermy Crow on Ebonised Plinth sub-Curios Height: 80 inches (at maximumOrigin: English Period: 21st Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 2008 Height: 24. 75 inches (the whole) Base Diameter: 11 inches The stuffed and mounted crow perched on a mossy naturalistic covered post under a Victorian style glass dome, raised on an ebonised plinth socle base, bearing a label inscribed "Crow Valley Hazelwood 31st December 2008" is preserved and presented in the highest order. The Raven (exert) And the raven, never flitting, still