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Wet specimen - Horse - heart. This may be the Army horse heart used to compare with Phar Lap's heart at the AIA.

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CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
Type
Zoological specimens
Collection
MacKenzie collection
Accession number
1984.0010.0545

Description

A wet specimen of a horse heart mounted on a diagonal perspex sheet in a perspex container. The composition of the perserving solution is unknown. The label which reads 'COMPARISON HEART ARMY HORSE' is detached. Writing on the bottom of container in marker reads '3175 Comparison Heart'. This may be one of the hearts used to compare with Phar Lap's heart.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:16:06 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-24. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.