Banded guitarfish skull (Zapteryx exasperata). The early Portuguese traders bought

The early Portuguese traders bought tusks of ivory

These are made by the Bena Bena people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

The most exquisite and important of all royal ceremonial costumes is bwaantshy

particularly in the UK

It is still an impressive fossil having been found on the seabed in the North sea

Banded guitarfish skull (Zapteryx exasperata). The early Portuguese traders boughtThis is a beautifully prepared and mounted skull of a banded guitarfish Zapteryx exasperata. The banded guitarfish is an elasmobranch related to the rays although the body shape is half way between rays and typical shark form. Their diet is animals living in the sand and mud such as crabs and shellfish. As you can see on the jaws of this skull, the teeth are flattened for crushing hard shells. This skull has come from a specimen that was caught for