 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1976 -
Description: Set of two weathered jaw bones, with all the teeth intact, from a Sperm whale beached at Settlement Beach in 1978. Each jaw has 20 tusked teeth and is curved. Present regulations would not permit recovery of bones from beached whales. The skeleton of this whale is exhibited in the Museum grounds and due to exposure to all weathers is slowly disintegrating. Format: realia Object: bones (animals) Titles: Sperm Whale Jaws Subjects: whales Places: Settlement Beach, Flinders Island, Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00583 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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