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Kenya 1924 |
| Author: |
Theodore Wessel |
| Year: |
1924 |
| Description: |
Trophy specimen of rhinoceros sold at the Country House Sale, 22 Feb 2011 of Sworders Auctioneers in the United Kingdom. Item listed here for historical interest. Details from www.sworders.co.uk, accessed March 2011. <br>Lot 355. The following three lots were shot by the vendor's father, Mr Theodore Wessel, Danish Ambassador to Chile, in Kenya in 1924. Wessel would have been accompanied by a white big game hunter, probably a fellow Dane named Baron Bror von Blixen, a leading professional hunter in East Africa. He was husband of the authoress Karen Blixen, best remembered for her book 'Out of Africa' which was subsequently brought to screen starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.<br>A pair of African black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) horns,mounted on an original oak shield inscribed 'Kenya BEA 1924', applied pressed metal label verso 'Griffiths, McAlister & Cook Ltd., Blackpool and London', larger horn approximately 56cm approximately 4kg Hammer: £40000.00 <br> |
| Location: |
Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
| Subject: |
Distribution |
| Species: |
Black Rhino |
| File Size: |
52,0 kb |
| Dimensions: |
500x692 px |
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Kenya 1924
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