Musk Ox Hide: Gallery Item (182-G11EW) K11

Description

You will received the one in the pictures. Measurements are:
Each gallery item is unique. You get the exact gallery item shown when you order this item.
This hide with attached muskox head is mounted on black felt.
Length: 31"
Width across Top: 22"
Width across Middle: 30"
Width across Bottom: 71"
Leg length: 19"
Leg width: 5"
Weight: 11.85 lbs
This is product of Canada and tanned in Canada.
There are only a limited number of tanned musk ox skins available for sale at any time. The skin is a long dense coat of coarse dark brown guard hairs over a paler underfur.
The skins vary in size. One sample skin was 58" wide and 65" long on the hide side. When viewed from the fur side (i.e., the top), allow another 12-19" of hair extending out on all sides.
Chichester was the supplier for the muskox hides used in the movie 10,000 B.C.
Musk ox are not endangered. There are about 100,000 roaming around northern Canada. The musk ox are protected by a quota. Each year, hunters are allowed to hunt about 600 animals, but only take about 400 per year. Many of the animals are eaten and the hide is a by-product of a subsistence life style.
Genus and species: Ovibos moschatus.
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