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Description: | A fossil Red Deer antler? The specimen is the base of a shed antler, with three broken horn bases. The bone is dense and fossilised, with a fibreous internal structure where the capillaries were present. Growth lines can be seen on the white/grey surface. The bone is hollow. AR/CB 05/05/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Proxima plag? mount of shed antler of deer; illegible word sp. is crossed out written in ink. Mordern writing has W/oton Museum in black ink.
A fossil red deer antler | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Quaternary - Pleistocene? | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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