A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull sub-Curios Mystery aside

Mystery aside

there is some old patination to the whole and some rather evocative dirt surrounding the letters and numerals

this piece of meerschaum could well be earlier than specified

The foundation is cotton

A Corinthian capital in architectural terms is the top part of a column characterised by large acanthus leaves and fluted

A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull sub-Curios Mystery asideOrigin: Indonesian Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1918 25 The Skull: 8. 25 inches Long X 5. 25 inches High The Base: 8. 5 x 5. 5 inches The early twentieth century Dutch museum or zoology department Northern Sumatran pig skull specimen presented on a later ebonised raised stand with its original description label hand written in Dutch Bataks Varken ( Batak pig).. Instituut voor zootechniek en hoefkunde schiedel van een