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Antlers of a "Shaoo" deer

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Date

4th December 1850

Artist

Lieut. H. Maxwell

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : Hooker Indian Sketches

Description

Watercolour sketch of the "Shaoo" deer, presumably a "Shou" or Tibetan Red Deer (Cervus canadensis wallichi), from Dingcham province, Tibet. "Sketched by Maxwell from a fresh head with the skin on in my possession, which cause I [illegible] Galling in the Choomlei valley. The colour is a light grey, hair long and think, ears long and heavy, and lined with a thick coat of white woolly hair. A. Campbell, Darjeeling, Dec. 4th, 1850".

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

Tibet

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Tags

Deer
Fauna
Mammals

Category

Glossary
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