Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Antiques sideboard or table

sideboard or table

the sound of a huntsman’s trumpet

the white now a beautiful ivory tone and the red and blue both softened

In 1922 they exhibited at the British Industries Fair

Of these otherwise beautiful animals

Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Antiques sideboard or tableOrigin: South African Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1897 Lengths: Ranging from 2. 25 inches to 7. 5 inches Comprising one spider in a small trapdoor nest, four longer and vacant nests, and three other nest sections with fourteen nest lids, and additional hand written original paper label reading; Nest of Trapdoor Spider, Ladysmith Natal, 1897, fam. Theraphosidae, Cyrtocarenum rufidens. Each nest, made of soil, vegetation