Lot 814
Large Patch of Wooly Mammoth Hair. This exceedingly rare specimen of wooly mammoth hair consists of a very long strand of reddish-brown hair that has a small patch of soft tan inner hair as well. Also, there is a patch of black hair that is much rarer than the reddish-brown hair. There is over ten times as much hair in this lot as normally offered. More than 30,000 years old, this remarkable hair comes from the frozen carcass of one of only 12 Wooly Mammoths found frozen in the permafrost of the Indi-girka Basin of Siberia. This specimen of Mammuthis primigenius hair was part of the collection owned by Dr. Gennady Baryshnikov, head of the History Faunas Department Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad. Housed in a 9" x 6 1/2" Ryker mount. Add $15 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $600 - 900.
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