Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) This is a superb and

This is a superb and very retro looking item

This probably originated in a medical school or university and came as part of a large collection of similar items

The model appears to have been made of a plater like substance

On the reverse you can see that it is stitched with plant fibres onto a rough hessian type backing

The whole model is mounted on a black-painted wooden base with the Russian label

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) This is a superb andThis is a skull of the common guillemot, also known as the common murre Uria aalge. This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub species in the Northern waters. They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock. They are expert divers with diving depths of 180m being recorded in search of food. This specimen was from a dead bird washed up on the shore. It is a very