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Triangular boxfish (Ostracion concatenatus)

unknown1770 - 1790

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Fish artificially assembled by combining the body of a fish of the Ostracidae family and a gypsum head, with teeth in cardstock. Classified as Cofano concatenato (Ostracion concatenatus)

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  • Title: Triangular boxfish (Ostracion concatenatus)
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date: 1770 - 1790
  • Physical Dimensions: w121 x h25 x d28 cm
  • Photographer: Carlo Vannini
  • Period: Second half of 18th century
  • Bibliography: Jona A- “La collezione monumentale di Lazzaro Spallanzani classificata e ordinata secondo lo stato della scienza alla fine del secolo XVIII” catalogo guida , Reggio Emilia 1888. Spallanzani M.F. “La collezione naturalistica di Lazzaro Spallanzani : i modi e i tempi della sua formazione” Reggio Emilia, 1985
  • Type: Taxidermic preparation
Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

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