item details
NameBedside stand
ProductionR Coly; manufacturer(s); 1838; New Zealand
Classificationfurniture, stands
Materialswhale bone (bone)
Materials SummaryWhale skeletal material [ vertebra of a Southern Right whale, two epiphyseal plates and whittled bone].
DimensionsOverall: 1000mm (width), 420mm (height)
Registration NumberGH011337
Credit linePurchased 2005
Overview
A bedside stand, made of a whale vertebra forming a base and central table.
Two uprights of whittled bone are fitted to each end, upon which are mounted two epiphyseal plates [bone plates that cap the centrum of a vertebra] which serve as table tops. A candle holderis fitted to one of the plates.
The entire object is made from Southern Right Whale skeletal material.