Taxidermy - Hunting trophies - Mounted animals

From www.leather-dictionary.com - The Leather Dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

LEATHER-DICTIONARY.jpg


Taxidermy - Mounted animals

In the widest sense, taxidermy falls under the umbrella of leather. Taxidermy is the art of preserving, stuffing and mounting animal skins for study or display purposes. Preparing the animal is an elaborate art, requiring great skill, so that the animals look alive. People who practise this skill are called taxidermists.

The killing of animals by hunters as a trophy has declined in popularity significantly. The times when a hunter was admired with his gun in front of a killed elephant are over. Nowadays, the killing of exotic and rare animals for hunting purposes is viewed critically, because many animal species have become extinct or have been decimated too severely through hunting, and the killing of animals only to obtain trophies is also viewed critically, and rightly so.


Tiger-stuffed.jpg.jpg

Tiger

 

Vogel-ausgestopft-01.jpg

Birds

 

Hermelin-Fell-Sommerkleid-01.jpg

Murmeltier-01.jpg

Ermine with summer fur and marmot.

 

Loewe-01.jpg

Lion

 

Cobra-01-Ledermuseum-Offenbach.jpg

Cobra in the fight against attackers (seen in the DLM - German leather museum in Offenbach, Germany).

 

Krokodil-ausgestopft-02.jpg

Young crocodile.

 

Fuchs-01.jpg

Schildkrötenleder-01.jpg

Fox and turtle.

 

Leopard-ausgestopft-03.jpg

Leopard

 

Aga-Kroete-04.jpg

Baer-01.jpg

Aga toad and bear.

 

Polar bear-stuffed.jpg

Stuffed polar bear trophy.

 

Animal heads

In some cases, particularly for trophies, only the head is preserved. The heads are then mounted and used as wall decorations.


Leopard-01.jpg Bärenfell-02.jpg

Head of leopard and bear.

 

Tiger-Leopard-01.jpg

Head of tiger and leopard.

 

Rabbit-with-antlers-jackalope.jpg

The Jackalope is a popular mythical creature in the western United States.

 

Before the great depression in 1929 it was the fashion to have leather handbags with incorporated animal heads.


Kroko-Handtasche-01.jpg

Leguan-Handtasche-01.jpg

Crocodile head and iguana head. Crocodile head and iguana head.

 

Ochsenfrosch-01.jpg

Gürteltier-01.jpg

Bullfrog head and armadillo head.

 

Heads are not only processed on handbags. They can be used as trophies, decorations and for other accessories. Also human heads are preserved.


Elchkopf-01.jpg

Elk head trophy.

 

Schlangenlederstiefel-01.jpg

Monokelkobra-Wallet-02.jpg

Heads of snakes on boots and a biker wallet.

 

Schrumpfkopf-03.jpg

Schrumpfkopf-02.jpg

Also shrunken heads are trophies.

 

Additional information


Colourlock-GB-03.jpg

WE UNDERSTAND LEATHER - WWW.COLOURLOCK.COM