Minke Whale Skull (Dorsal View)
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Object Details
- Creator
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Subject
- Scammon, Charles Melville 1825-1911
- United States National Museum
- United States National Museum Division of Mammals
- Skull, minke whale [Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede]. Collected by C.M. Scammon, October 1870. North Pacific Ocean. USNM A 12177.
- Stabilized broken glass negative.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 010, Image No. MNH-2553
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1880
- 1880s
- Local number
- SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2553]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Glass negatives
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation
- Whales
- Record ID
- siris_arc_388159
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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