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LL/120571
Alfred C. Barker
1871, 28 March
Athene albifacies. Canty - NZ Mar 28.71 [extinct Laughing Owl/Sceloglaux albifacies/Whekau]

Albumen print
9.1 x 6.6 cm
 
Canterbury Museum
Accession number: 1958.81.82
 
One portrait black and white photograph depicting a photograph of a bird perched on a branch, tied on with a piece of string. Possibly photographed at the Canterbury Museum. An inscription on the photograph reads: "Athene albifacies, Cant - NZ, Mar 28. 71. An inscription below the photograph reads: "N.Z. Laughing Jackass, 1871." Page 40 of album two.
 
LL/120571


 

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