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Name/Title

Fern press

Wooden fern press with one leather binding strap (the other is missing) containing 44 thick mount cards with specimens affixed and labelled and 8 loose specimens in paper fold-over folders. The press is wraped in soft foam for protection.

Accession No

A97.002

Name/Title

Coconut, Fossil

A Cocos zeylandica fossil with a small, dark brown, slightly flattened, walnut-sized fossil coconut with three 'eyes' at one end - small point at this end.2.5cm crack extends from one of the eyes along the length of the body.

Accession No

A96.380

Name/Title

Coconut, Fossil

A Cocos zeylandica fossil. Small, dark brown, flattened, walnut-sized fossil coconut. Three 'eyes' at one end - squashed and filled with sediment (quite pointed at this end).

Accession No

A96.378

Name/Title

Coconut, Fossil

A coconut fossil (Cocos zeylandica). It is a small, dark brown, slightly flattened, fossil coconut - basically tear-drop in shape. There is a larger hole near the top end with four tiny holes near the base and a large crack extending from the top down one side - almost to the base. Remnant matter at one end.

Accession No

A96.375

Name/Title

"Ferns of New Zealand" (Whangamomona)

Red leather album with gold embossed title: "Ferns of N Z, Whangamomona 17/4/10". Arranged ferns and moss have been glued onto card pages with pink interleaves. Of the 19 arrangements, only five include labels.

Accession No

A70.613

Name/Title

Pressed fern arrangement

An arrangement of pressed ferns presented in an ornate gilt frame.

Accession No

A66.457