| Ref No | DF/ZOO/239/4/2/12/37 |
| Alt Ref No | DF239/4/2/12/37 |
| Acc No | 2026/2 |
| Title | Hill, CA Gibson: Mesoplodon stranding (GL 1955/50) |
| Description | Correspondence relating to the identification of the skull and lower jaw from a specimen of Mesoplodon stejnegeri washed ashore near Malacca. Includes discussion about the specimen being acquired by the British Museum (Natural History) and a cast of it being made for the Malacca Museum.
Includes correspondence about buying additional casts with H Boschma, Director, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; M Degerbøl, Zoological Museum, University, Copenhagen; Remington Kellogg, Smithsonian Institution.
Includes correspondence with Air Commodore Stagg, Air Ministry, about transporting the cast to Singapore.
Includes 6 Museum photograhs of the skull.
CA Gibson-Hill and MWF Tweedie, Raffles Museum, Singapore.
Related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1957.4.5.1
GL 1955/50 |
| Date | 1955-1957 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Related Material | DF/ZOO/239/4/2/13/12 Boschma, H: Leiden dolphin skull (GL 1956/21) |
| Held By | NHM Archives |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX3222 | Boschma; Hilbrand (1893-1976); Zoologist | 1893-1976 | |
| PX10609 | Kellogg; Remington (1892-1969) | 1892-1969 | |