A Wonderful Pair of Late 19thC Taxidermy African Nile Crocodiles c.1900 sub-Curios the sides being later black

the sides being later black painted

uncleaned and is in as found order

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A Wonderful Pair of Late 19thC Taxidermy African Nile Crocodiles c.1900 sub-Curios the sides being later blackOrigin: African Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 The Larger: 58 wide x 15 deep x 16 high The Smaller: 40 wide x 13 deep x 9 high The full mount juvenile African nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), one larger, both being cord sewn, with glass eyes, in snarling poses with full sets of teeth, and lustrous thick skin, surviving from the turn of the nineteenth century. The crocodiles are presented in varying condition. One is in