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Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES
Bill
I like it  but the stand looks awfully top heavy to me. It might be safer against a wall or in a corner? How heavy is the stand?
Lew |
Hi Lew and others,
The piece weighs about 40 pounds. It is quite stable.
The acorn nuts seem to be decoration as they just go through the plate. Possibly it was some part of something else, but it looks like it just looks like a big machined piece of brass. The four legs are about 14 inches tip-to-tip wide.
Someone went to a lot of work to make this, even to flaring the top edge of the shell.
Normally I do have it back against the wall, in a corner. The spears you see do not seem to be tipping it, but I would not leave it out in the hallway.
Gene,
A guy I knew needed a loan and left the kudu as collateral. That was about 20 years ago. I am not a hunter though I have several big game animals (I did not shoot).
If you look carefully in the "room" picture, you will see a blue wildebeest shoulder mount. Actually my two favorite mounts are a full body Tsavo Lion (the last one legally taken) and a cape buffalo shoulder mount.
"Dusting?" Just adds to the patina!
Fernando,
Great idea with the acrylic glued to the base.