Self portrait with Phar Lap’s bones

On the right, the skeleton of Phar Lap, the race horse who died in America, whose stuffed hide is in Melbourne, and whose heart is in Canberra​—​read the story. Here in Wellington's Te Papa Museum, Phar Lap's bones rest quietly in a glass case on level 4 near the stairs. They are not shown-off with the same prominence as his skin or his heart.

Taken 9 May 2004. Filed under things and us. Click the photo to go to the previous photo.

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