Mounted Albatross Head
Production date
1890s
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Description
White feathers around neck and fawny/yellow feathers over the rest of the head. Yellow curved beak and glass brown eyes.
This head was gifted to William Soutau Pillans II (1849-1915), by the famous ornithologist Walter Buller (1838-1906) as thanks for bird illustrations drawn by Pillans.
This head was gifted to William Soutau Pillans II (1849-1915), by the famous ornithologist Walter Buller (1838-1906) as thanks for bird illustrations drawn by Pillans.
Production date
1890s
Production place
New Zealand
Credit line
Gifted by Mary Lellman
Accession number
0491/83
Current rights