Lucky bone collection
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iguana bone, Lion bone, Tiger bone
Measurements
150 mm (Length)60 mm (Length)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304614
Summary
A collection of twenty lion, iguana and tiger bones (floating or 'Lucky' bones). Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. Floating or 'LUCKY' Bones. The cat tribe and also certain other mammals such as iguanas and whales have rudimentary collar-bones floating loose in the muscle of the shoulder.