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Description
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| Long bone, possibly Moa, peat-stained. Found on Bert Dick's farm, Te Hau, at Lake Grassmere. Has Latin writing on it. Information from Professor Richard Holdaway of Canterbury Museum 25 August 2012: This is a left tibiotarsus (shin) bone from a nearly mature 8-9 year old moa. Labelled Emeus crassus (Easter moa). Te Hau, the Dick's farm, was on the north side of Lake Grassmere near the World War 2 bomb-aiming bunker. It was originally a swamp and most of the bones were excavated during ploughing. All the bones found here are stained with peat from the swamp. |
Bone, Moa
-Moa Bones from the Matthews Collection
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| 1985.035.0026 |
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