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Phar Lap's skeleton
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0↗ Source

Phar Lap's skeleton

Maker unknown

The skeleton of champion racehorse Phar Lap, whose remains were divided between institutions in New Zealand and Australia after his death in 1932.

Date
1926–1932
Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference
LM000760

Record

Medium
bone
Origin
New Zealand

Provenance and history

  1. 1926–1932

    CreatedA

  2. 1932-04-05

    Death of Phar LapA

    Phar Lap died in California after winning 33 of his final 35 races.

Sources

  1. A

    collections.tepapa.govt.nz

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