Natural History: A fibreglass cast of Dima the baby mammoth 80cm high by 110cm long This realistic cast incorporating faux mammoth hair, was taken from the well-preserved carcass of the baby woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) named Dima, whose frozen body was found in 1977 in eastern Siberia, Russia. Dima, a male mammoth that lived about 39,000 years ago. He was between 6 and 12 months old when he died, probably by becoming stuck in mud. Scientists have chemically treated the body and have conducted an extensive study of its organs, muscles, brain, heart and cells. This lot and lots 46 to 80 originally formed the core of a collection of Pleistocene (2.6million-12,000 years ago), Ice Age material in the Mammoth Museum (Museu del Mamut) in Barcelona, which closed in 2016. It was located on the Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, in a 12th century Gothic building close to major museums such as the Museu Picasso and the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern. (see footnote to lot 46)
Natural History: A fibreglass cast of Dima the baby mammoth 80cm high by 110cm long This realistic cast incorporating faux mammoth hair, was taken from the well-preserved carcass of the baby woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) named Dima, whose frozen body was found in 1977 in eastern Siberia, Russia. Dima, a male mammoth that lived about 39,000 years ago. He was between 6 and 12 months old when he died, probably by becoming stuck in mud. Scientists have chemically treated the body and have conducted an extensive study of its organs, muscles, brain, heart and cells. This lot and lots 46 to 80 originally formed the core of a collection of Pleistocene (2.6million-12,000 years ago), Ice Age material in the Mammoth Museum (Museu del Mamut) in Barcelona, which closed in 2016. It was located on the Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, in a 12th century Gothic building close to major museums such as the Museu Picasso and the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern. (see footnote to lot 46)
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