A Rare 19thC Himalayan Black Bear Skull sub-Religion & Relics As clips got more popular

As clips got more popular in the Victorian 1860s they were fashioned mostly in the forms of wheatsheafs

and 'Boy those big balls of gum sure stick in my throat'

The pile is cut low and is crafted to antique designs and using only natural dyes

and as a result

A beautifully proportioned set

A Rare 19thC Himalayan Black Bear Skull sub-Religion & Relics As clips got more popularOrigin: Himalayan Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 1900 Height: 6 inches (at maximum) Length: 11 inches (at maximum) The nigh on complete preserved skull of a female Himalayan Black Bear (Selenarctos thibetanus laniger) with near full set of teeth, surviving from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The condition of the whole is very good, nigh on pristine, with a well aged patination and ivory hue making the