LARGE TAXIDERMY CARIBOU SHOULDER MOUNT (RANGIFER TARANDUS)
LATE 20TH CENTURY
£600
Auction: 6 July 2016 at 11:00 BST
Description
Rowland Ward record class, right antler sixteen points, 137cm long; left antler eighteen points, 142cm long
Dimensions
greatest span 141.5cm wide, tip to tip 125.5cm wide
Footnote
Note: Acquired from the collection of the late Jürgen Jösch. Jösch was a keen hunter and author of natural history and game books. He regularly makes a mention in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game with some of the largest trophies ever record. Although of German descent he lived most recently in East Sussex, until his death in March this year.
This lot is featured in Rowland Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 152. The entry reads 'King Salmon, AK, USA 1975).