Lot 129
TAXIDERMY - TWO SETS OF MOUNTED HORNS
Auction: 6 April 2013 at 11:00 BST
£375
Description
each mounted on a wooden shield, the first, a pair of American Pronghorn Antelope antlers on a cast plaster part skull, with inscription 'American Pronghorn Antelope., Wyoming., H. W. Seton Karr.', 40cm high approx.; the second, a pair of Somali Gerenuk horns also on a cast plaster part skull, with inscription ' Somali Gerenuk, H. W. Seton Karr., 1893.', 44cm high approx. (2)
Footnote
Note: Heywood Walter Seton-Karr (1859-1938) was a famous game hunter and part-time explorer who discovered evidence of the Stone Age man in tropical Africa. For his contributions to archaeology he was awarded the Galileo gold medal by the University of Florence.