Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 These were valuable items for

These were valuable items for the Bene Bene people as the white cowries were a valuable currency which had been traded from the coast via the barter system between a number of tribal groups before finally arriving at the Highlands

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Unfortunately the lighting on the photographs did not show the colour off to it's best

The model is of the larynx and the top of the trachea

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 These were valuable items forThis 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