Reproduction
skeleton
Narwhal
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Narwhal tusk
Narwhal tusk with the tip and the a portion of the proximal end broken. The tusk has been previously repaired roughly 93cm from the base of the tusk. The tusk is chipped along the length and in addition has a number of ink stains and what appear to be household paint blobs at certain lengths.
adult
Monodon monoceros
[nb-NO]Documentation[nb-NO]
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series, http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2017/01/06/specimen-of-the-week-273-the-narwhal-tusk/
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
entire length: 185 cm
entire diameter: 6.5 cm Diameter at the proximal end
entire diameter: 2 cm Diameter at distal end
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCZ-Z2168
15206
Grant Museum of Zoology
