Eiszeit Haar Wolliges Mammuthaar-Probe (Mammuthus primigenius) im Ausstellungsrahmen - 90 mm (Ohne mindestpreis)

Woolly Mammoth Hair Sample (Mammuthus primigenius) in Display Frame

Culture / Period: Ice Age (Pleistocene)
Date / Period: Approximately 10,000 – 30,000 years old
Material: Hair
Dimensions: Frame: 90 x 90 mm
Condition: Good condition; preserved hair strands mounted in a modern display frame

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Provenance information:
Object Registration ID: 90

The current owner purchased the woolly mammoth hair, Mammuthus primigenius, from Siberia from a private collector, N.N., in Utrecht.
The previous owner, a private collector, N.N. from Utrecht (the Netherlands), stated that the object had been in his collection since an unknown date.
According to the previous owner, the object had previously been in a private collection in the Netherlands since the 1980s.
No further information concerning the earlier ownership history of the object was available from the previous owner.

Background Information:
This specimen consists of authentic hair attributed to the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), an iconic species of the Late Pleistocene epoch. These large herbivorous mammals inhabited vast areas of the northern hemisphere, particularly the steppe-tundra regions of Siberia, where permafrost conditions have allowed exceptional preservation of organic materials such as hair, skin, and even soft tissue.

The woolly mammoth was well adapted to cold climates, possessing a dense undercoat of fine insulating wool beneath longer, coarser guard hairs. The strands preserved here likely represent part of this protective coat, which enabled the animal to survive in extreme Ice Age environments. Such remains are most commonly recovered from Siberian permafrost deposits, where frozen conditions have prevented decomposition for tens of thousands of years.

Finds of mammoth hair have contributed significantly to scientific understanding of prehistoric fauna, including studies of climate adaptation, diet, and even genetic research. In a broader prehistoric context, mammoths played an important role in the ecosystems of the Ice Age and were also encountered by early humans, who hunted them and used their bones and tusks for tools, shelter construction, and artistic expression.

Although not an artefact in the traditional archaeological sense, this material forms part of the wider palaeontological record and reflects the natural history of the Pleistocene world. Specimens such as this have been collected and preserved since the 19th century, when increasing exploration of Siberia brought such discoveries to European attention.

As preserved organic remains from an extinct species, this piece provides a direct and tangible connection to the Ice Age and to the natural environment in which early humans and megafauna coexisted.