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- Title
Early twentieth-century collection of extinct mammals from northern Siberia: the provenance of Bassett Digby's contributions to the Natural History Museum, London, and the British Museum.
- Authors
Digby, Susan A.
- Abstract
The origin of the biggest of two relatively rare woolly rhinoceros horns in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, was a mystery despite its extensive use in education. The aged label had dropped off. In 2003, research on natural historian, traveller, author and foreign correspondent Bassett Digby led to the re-attachment of the yellowed label with small spidery writing that provides the horn's serial number, collector's name and geographical origin. This paper connects provenance to this sparse information. The provenance also applies to other Siberian items Digby supplied: a tusk from an immature mammoth, tusk fragments of various colours, botanical specimens, and ethnological artefacts.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; EXTINCT mammals; DIGBY, Bassett; NATURAL history museums; BRITISH Museum; BOTANICAL specimens; BIOLOGICAL specimens; MAMMOTHS
- Publication
Archives of Natural History, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
0260-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/E0260954108000107