Pelt, Homo Lupa (female), 2026

Synthetic hair, faux fur, strings, pigment
Dimensions variable

Taxonomic Identification: Homo lupa Cranial integument, female. Fragmentary.

Locality Data: Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, vicinity of Bedburg. 48 m. Cultivated margin, mixed field and hedgerow. Nightshade present at collection site.

Temporal Data: Collected 31 October 1589. Received 1591.

Collector: Collector unrecorded. Identified by the compiler, 1753.

Catalogue Number: HL 1589.7

Remarks: Scalp and surrounding integument only. Human hair persists at the crown, continuous with lupine pelage across the occiput and nape. No line of demarcation. Post-cranial material not recovered. Determined as an intermediate form. No intermediate stage has been observed in life.

Photos // Laura Bikulčytė