Lot 621
Cave Bear Skull, Cave bears were larger than any bear alive today standing over 10 feet tall. Certainly, the fierceness of their skull bears witness to this. This virtually complete 16 inch long skull has top quality ivory colored bone with a complete upper skull with large 2 inch long canine teeth missing only one of the small front teeth and repair of the zygomatic arch on the right side of the skull. The bottom jaw is missing one of the small front molars as well as three of the front teeth and also part of the thin bone that extends upward from the back of the jaw(this does not show when both the skull and jaw are joined together. Ursus spelaeus lived 50,000-100,000 years ago in Romania and other parts of northern Europe and certainly competed with early man in these areas. The earliest flute-type instrument was made out of a Cave Bear limb bone by Neandertals. Cave Bear skulls are in great demand because the few skulls found are usually mounted with the rest of the skeleton to bring many thousands of dollars. This is an opportunity to acquire an impressive skull with a few defects without paying over $6,000.
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Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,800
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| Realized $2,142 |
