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This miniature Pewter Collectible Owl is hand cast in New Zealand. This Pewter Figurine makes an ideal Pewter Collectible.
Pewter is a metal alloy. It is a combination of more than one metal that consists mainly of tin. Pewter can look very similar to silver. No one knows exactly when or how pewter was invented. Chinese pewter, believed to be about 2,000 years old, has been found. Romans used pewter for small utensils and seals.
The Morepork Owl is the most widely distributed and abundant of the three species of owl in New Zealand. The other two species are the native Laughing Owl, which is extinct in the North Island and very close to extinction in the South, and the introduced Little Owl, which occurs only in the South Island. Other races of Morepork are found beyond New Zealand. In Australia the bird is frequently known as the Boobook. This name, like the common New Zealand name and the Maori name Ruru, is based on the bird's usual call.
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