Catalogue #1254

Cast lead crystal sculpture
20 x 10 x 20cm
Weight 3.3kg

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Located in the lower part of the whale’s spine and the lumbar vertebrae support the area just before the tail.

£2,500.00

Catalogue #1255

Cast lead crystal sculpture
19 x 12 x 25cm
Weight 4.1kg

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This lumbar bone transitions between the centre of the spinal column towards the other lumbar vertebrae and the tail.

£2,800.00

Catalogue #1256

Cast lead crystal sculpture
43 x 29 x 12cm
Weight 9.7kg

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Almost identical to a human neck bone, this cervical vertebra is about 1000 times larger and is also located in the whale’s neck.

£3,600.00

Catalogue #1257

Cast lead crystal sculpture
22 x 15 x 10cm
Weight 5kg

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At the very base of the spine rests the caudal bones — they are somewhat similar to human bones near our tailbones. They stabilise movements of the tail.

£2,500.00

Catalogue #1258

Cast lead crystal sculpture
38 x 34 x 13cm
Weight 11.7kg

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This is from a blue whale, the largest of all animals and is a final lumbar vertebra at the base of the spine.

£3,500.00

Catalogue #1259

Cast lead crystal sculpture
45 x 39 x 5cm
Weight 9.2kg

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Very much like our own mammalian shoulder blade bone, this is located in the whales’ ‘shoulder’ area, just at the level of the front pectoral flippers.

£3,300.00

Catalogue #1260

Cast lead crystal sculpture
31 x 13 x 5cm
Weight 0.8kg

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This is a single piece of glass which includes many smaller bones which make up the ‘hand bones’ found inside the pectoral flipper fins at the front of the whale on either side. Earlier in their evolution, back when whales roamed the earth, before they went back to the sea, they had ‘hands’ with fingers and feet where their tails are now. These bones are evidence of their earlier life on land.

£2,800.00

Catalogue #1261

Cast lead crystal sculpture
Large Disc, amber: 20 x 19 x 0.5cm, Weight 1kg
Medium Disc, green: 14 x 12 x 0.5cm, Weight 0.4kg
Small Disc, amber-Green: 13 x 9 x 0.5cm, Weight 0.2kg

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Just like humans, whales have discs in between their vertebrae all along the spinal column and they are in differing sizes.

£1,600.00

Catalogue #1262

Cast lead crystal sculpture
Large Rib, blue: 29 x 11 x 0.5cm, Weight 230g
Medium Rib, blue: 20 x 8 x 0.5cm, Weight 200g
Medium Rib, amber: 20 x 8 x 0.5cm, Weight 200g
Medium Rib, green: 20 x 8 x 0.5cm, Weight 200g
Small Rib, blue: 24 x 6 x 0.5cm, Weight 120g
Small Rib, green: 24 x 6 x 0.5, Weight 120g

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These ribs are from a pygmy sperm whale found in Hawaii. They are shaped slightly differently depending on where they are along the rib cage or ‘chest’ area of the whale.

£1,700.00