Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 7, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 71
Additional Source Text:
"It required seven years Tanning, and took 50 Layers of Bark; it was finished about the year 1765."
Notes:
The donor was a Philadelphia salt merchant.
Specimen Type:
Skins
Peale's Common Name:
Sea cow
