Narwhal, length: 78.5 in (199.5 cm);
This work is sold with a Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Marine Mammal Tag (No. 8470), identifying the specimen as narwhal and recording related harvest/issuance information, including a length of 199 cm. The accompanying tag includes handwritten notations indicating unknown fields for certain entries (including sex and hunter), and a notation indicating harvest prior to 1970 (“avant 1970”). This tag is retained with the work as supporting documentary material and should be reviewed by prospective purchasers in connection with any applicable import, export, ownership, or transport requirements in their jurisdiction.

Provenance
Ex. Coll. Collection Colin J.G. Molson, Montreal.

In Spring 1956, The Beaver published an article by Thomas Dunbabin, described as an “author, and Australian press representative in Canada” who had “made a study of Canadian historical byways.” In it, Dunbabin referred to it as “Canada’s horn of the unicorn.”

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