A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque Monkey sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The use of porcupine quill

The use of porcupine quill to decorate boxes for export was common in India in the nineteenth-century

with an all-over craquelure and as such prove beautifully decorative

Pennywise is simply one of the rarest and most spectacular original antique dummies you are ever likely to see

but have not cleaned the piece

A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque Monkey sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The use of porcupine quillOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1915 The Case: Depth: 6 inches Width: 15 inches Height: 17. 5 inches The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) specimen housed within a naturalistic setting of a mock cactus plant amongst reeded grasses with a sky blue painted background, the monkey depicted clenching a monkey nut in its grasp, the whole housed in a black painted and glazed display case surviving from the