Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Circumference: 9 inches

Circumference: 9 inches

and for a year worked with Robert Harbin (Ned Collins) as the double act Fred and Ned

The stand is relatively loose but still sound and the hallmarks are discernible

Throughout middle age he was often seen falling out of bars

*NB: This skull came from the same estate as that of the 19thC Medical Cabinet

Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Circumference: 9 inchesOrigin: South African Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1897 Lengths: Ranging from 2. 25 inches to 7. 5 inches Comprising one spider in a small trapdoor nest, four longer and vacant nests, and three other nest sections with fourteen nest lids, and additional hand written original paper label reading; Nest of Trapdoor Spider, Ladysmith Natal, 1897, fam. Theraphosidae, Cyrtocarenum rufidens. Each nest, made of soil, vegetation