Skull of Gaboon Viper
Photograph
Skull of Gaboon Viper
Skeleton of a Gaboon viper
1951
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (29.3 × 24.1 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0250
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: [cut off]N [circled]; inscribed in green pencil on verso, TC: K [sideways]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: E9X.6 [circled] \ d2000 \ 60 [illegible]v \ D.15.4. (?); inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: Skull of Gaboon Viper \ 90. [circled] \ 117 [crossed out]; inscribed in pencil on verso, RC: Breite (?) 215 u/m \ [illegible]ahe 258 u/m [arrow pointing right]; stamped in red ink on verso, LC: REPRODUCTION FORBIDDEN \ LIFE \ PHOTOGRAPH / THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS OWNED \ BY LIFE MAGAZINE, PUBLISHED BY \ TIME INCORPORATED, TIME & LIFE \ BUILDING, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, \ NEW YORK, 20, [cut off] [upside-down and crossed out]; inscribed in green pencil on verso, LB: K [crossed out]; signed in pencil on verso, BL: A.F. \ 1951; inscribed in green pencil on verso, BR: 232 x 275 [circled and crossed out]; inscribed in pencil on verso, RB: L262 [underlined]; inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: 9 1/4 x 11" [inside square and crossed out] \ 9 1/8" WIDE; inscribed in pencil on verso, BRC: 8661/2-1 [underlined]
