Trophy Head

Object/Artifact

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Planting Fields

Name/Title

Trophy Head

Entry/Object ID

1955.002.032

Description

Age of Specimen: Adult Taxidermy mount of head of an adult male sheep. Large horns. Has soft tissues of nose and eyelines modeled in wax. Shaped over wooden form, with some plaster modeling. Mouth closed. Has metal earliners and glass eyes. Prepared by, "...James Lippitt Clark (1883 - 1969), a well known taxidermist and artist who worked with Carl Akeley at The American Museum of Natural History and had a private studio in New York. He prepared specimens for Theodore Roosevelt and other prestigious clients." Excerpt taken from Natural Specimens Report by conservator, Catherine Hawks. Examination and assessment prepared in October of 2000. Treatment performed in September of 2002. Habitat: Mountains Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Ovis Canadensis Sex of Specimen: Male

Collection

Coe Hall

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1955.002.032

Source or Donor

Coe, William Robertson

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

James Lippitt Clark

Place

Location

Cody, Wyoming

Notes

Date: Early 20th Century-c. 1915 Made: James Lippitt Clark Method of Preservation: Arsenic

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Embossed Metal Label on Wooden Form Below Neck

Transcription

"MOUNTED BY/JAMES L. CLARK/NEW YORK"

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Trophy Head

Dimensions

Height

30-5/16 in

Width

26 in

Diameter

21-1/4 in

Accessories

Notes

Embossed Metal Seal: WYO/GAME/TAG (possibly contains lead)

Material

Natural Specimen: Animal Hide, Modeling Wax, Wool, Glass Eyes, Glass, Horns, Metal, Natural Specimen: Animal Hide and Hair, Wood

Location

Location

Wall

South Wall, Center

Room

Gallery

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Date

August 16, 2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

Jul 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 21, 2006

Notes

In 2002 treated by Catharine Hawks - vacuumed with HEPA filtered vacuum. Cleaned horn sheaths, glass eyes, and wax and painted areas. Cleaned lead earliners and metal tag. Reattached lifting and detached pieces of skin on forehead, coated lead earliners, metal tag and metal seal, infilled voids in eyelines, infilled areas around torn and breaking skin, reattached skin on nose and mouth, tinted infills.l

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Original to Coe Hall

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: William Robertson Coe Found: Coe Hall Last Owner: William Robertson Coe William Robertson Coe Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Notes: Has unidentified octagonal metal tag, stamped "8779" suspended from wire in left ear. Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 21, 2006

Updated By

mpenny@plantingfields.org

Update Date

February 18, 2025