Set of Red Deer Antlers and Scull on Carved Wooden Board..

Set of Red Deer Antlers and Scull on Carved Wooden Board..

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27438

Set of European Red Deer Antlers.
A large pair of 15 point red deer antlers with skull cap, mounted onto an oak shield. The plaque is carved with oak leaves, acorns and a central shield painted with the date '22.9.61'. These stag antlers are an excellent wall display.

The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), or Red Stag, is one of the largest deer species that inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in north-western Africa. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated mammal still existing in the Netherlandss, United Kingdom and Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa. Only the stags have antlers, which are made of bone and grow at a rate of 2 ½ cm (1inch) a day. The antlers start growing in the spring and are shed each year, usually at the end of winter.

Dimensions:

Height 127 cm / 50 "
Width 102 cm / 40 "
Depth 66.5 cm / 26 "
Period

1950-1999

Year

1961

Medium

Taxidermy

Country

Germany

Condition

very good

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