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Key Information

Title:
Brent Goose
Object Name:
bird egg
Location on Display:
Museum - Not Currently on display
Accession No:
KINCM:1953.10.156
Brief Description:
Single egg of a Brent Goose (Branta bernicia) collected on 2nd June 1902 from Christianshab (Qasigiannguit), western Greenland. An inscription on the egg reads 'A. albifrons. Christianshab, 2 June 02, 1094'. Part of the William Barraclough Collection.

Physical Information

Description:
Brent Goose egg (oriignally identified as White-fronted Goose (Anse albifrons). Creamy white colour.

Dimensions:

Type Height Width Depth Diameter Weight
77[mm] 46[mm]