Artwork : ArchiveNo00126

Starfish 1846

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Contributor Name	Cumberland House
Contributor Image	Claire_Sturman_pic.jpg
Profession
Location	Southsea
Collection Date	02.06.08 1.40pm
Artefact Name	Starfish
Artefact Description	Twelve legged starfish. 12cm in diameter. Poor condition and disintegrating underneath. Mounted on warped card.
Artefact Date	1846
Artefact Stored	Stores at Cumberland House
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Archive_no_00126_Starfish.jpg
Sample Taken	Flakes from the end of a tentacle
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Collected in Hastings in January 1846 by W. Pell. It is possible that it came from Bognor Regis Museum. ‘The starfish have been re-boxed since I started working here. They have been placed within acid free tissue to protect them. We have more starfish in our collection here – some have nine legs, some have ten and others have twelve legs like this one.’ Claire Sturman - Historian
Historian	Claire Sturman
Previous Owners	W. Pell, Bognor Museum?
Special Memories
Artwork Image	00126_art_09web.jpg

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