AR / ITEM / 00100118

Upland moa skeleton, Megalapteryx didinus

Maker unknown

Exceptionally complete upland moa skeleton discovered in Honeycomb Hill Cave in 1987 after about fifteen thousand years in a dry cave passage.

Date
c. 15,000 years old
Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
fossilised/subfossil bone
Origin
New Zealand

In the Tapestry

Discovered at
Honeycomb Hill CaveA

Provenance and history

  1. c. 15,000 years old

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    collections.tepapa.govt.nz

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