Taxidermy: A late Victorian head of a gharial (gavialis gangeticus) crocodile, glass eyes and mounted on a console bracket with teak 'sawtooth' style frame and half round top and bearing paper label 'This long-nosed Indian crocodile or gharial was shot by Bill's paternal grandmother some time before 1900', the head 62cm long, the bracket 83cm high 34cm wide

Condition Report
4-5 teeth missing, some slight deterioration to head, saw tooth stand with some chips but overall robust condition

Maximum length of gharial (nose to back of head in a straight line) 62cm

Head width 21cm

Head height 15cm

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