Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The model is of the

The model is of the larynx and the top of the trachea

These bones were part of a collection from a medical school museum

As this repair is plaited in the same way as the rest of the strap this seems to have been repaired in the village

Red is related to life force and preservation

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The model is of theThis is a skull of the common guillemot, also known as the common murre Uria aalge. This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub species in the Northern waters. They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock. They are expert divers with diving depths of 180m being recorded in search of food. This specimen was from a dead bird washed up on the shore. It is a very