Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
Indonesian craftsmanship
Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
The swordfish (from the Latin Gladius) owes its name to the appearance of its rostrum (or beak), similar to a sword blade, and its ability to cut through the water with ease and speed. Swordfish rostrums are traditionally used to make weapons in New Guinea, for example.
This one is superbly carved in depth. The motifs appear in relief.
Provenance: Papuan craftsmanship
Notches appear on each side of the rostrum along the wire, due to the way the craftsmen work, which is to fasten the rostrum to a flat surface with a fastener in order to engrave it deeply.
Height with base: 93cm
Wooden base: 13x7.5cm
Black Bear Skull from Canada
Ursus americanus
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull
Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
Entomological frame - Scarab Goliathus meleagris female with spread wings
Skeleton of an Indonesian pit viper under a globe
Species: Trimeresurus insularis
Bell height: 38 cm
No shipping
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Flight of Morpho menelaus butterflies under a Napoleon III-style cloche
Superb butterflies in an impressive electric blue
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition
Entomological composition of beetles
27 specimens make up this picture
Black entomological box with gold fillet, hand-crafted by an bookbinder craftsman in Anjou
Entomological box
Species: Papilio Bromus butterfly
Pick-up in store in Paris only
Deer antler sculpture - Totem with 3 octopuses on pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
Entomological composition of beetles
28 specimens make up this picture
Black entomological box: 26x39cm
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
Anatomical articulated skinning
Paper-cardboard articulated mannequin
Human skeleton
Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Diaphanization of a frog - Pelophylax ridibundus crossbred INRA (RIVAN92 strain)
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin! You can even see the circulatory system!
Not a protected species
Steampunk Flight of butterflies Napeocles Jucunda et Salamis Parhassus
Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
Indonesian craftsmanship
