Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Count Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Count Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), circa 1870-1900, (Paradisaea raggiana), Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Count Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), circa 1870-1900, a full-mount adult male with head turning to the left, his wings open on display, perched upon a lichen encrusted branch, set amidst natural ferns and grasses, set above painted simulated groundwork beneath, enclosed beneath a period oval glass dome, with original ebonised supporting base, 38.5cm by 23cm by 53.5cm overall height Provenance: The Property of an American Collector CITES Annex B, Appendix II

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