Artwork : ArchiveNo00125

Headless Goose 1897

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Contributor Name	Cumberland House
Contributor Image	Claire_Sturman_pic.jpg
Profession	Natural History Officer
Location	Southsea
Collection Date	02.06.08 1.10pm
Artefact Name	Headless Goose
Artefact Description	Brent Goose - female adult. Good condition but with no head! Bit of mould growth. It has a pin sticking out of the back right of the bird. Almost all feathers intact. Dull, grey feathers on the majority of the bird with cream feathers for the under-parts. Museum archive number TN1470. Mounted on cloth and card with wooden base. 24cm x 58cm
Artefact Date	1897
Artefact Stored	Cumberland House stores – currently on the move!
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Artefact Image	Archive_no_00125_Goose.jpg
Sample Taken	Feathers from the neck
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History of Artefact	The goose was shot at Pagham Harbour, near Bognor Regis, by Mr B Harvey on 3rd February 1899. Subsequently it was bought by H.L.F Guermonprez at the Harvey’s sale in September 1900. It came from the Bognor Museum collection originally and was then transferred to Portsmouth Museum around 1979.
Historian	Claire Sturman
Previous Owners	Mr Harvey, H.L.F Guermonprez, Bognor Museum, Portsmouth Museum
Special Memories	‘It gave me the shock of my life when I pulled it out of the cupboard! It has provoked lots of laughter and discussion about where its head may be!’ Claire Sturman - Historian
Artwork Image	00125_art.jpg

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