Dear Museum-Lers,
We were sent from someone in the NE USA (Maine) a large bone definitely
adapted as a hanging plant holder. The vertebrate paleontologist
identified it as a whale vertebra. What we would like to know is:
Is this a common adaptation of a whale bone? Or does this represent an
unique occurence of an imaginative person? Has anyone ever seen one
before and/or do any museums have them in their collections?
Thank you very much in advance.
Julie Golden
Curator of Paleontology
Department of Geology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
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tel: 319-335-1822