An Early 20thC Mounted Taxidermy Head of an Indian Blackbuck sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the “Last of the Badmen”

the “Last of the Badmen” film poster features a gruff cowboy glancing sideways and pointing his revolver

a witch-bottle beneath his doorstep and some shoes up his chimney he'd have had much less to worry about

and a ceramic mixing palette

This piece is beautifully worn in and has an aura of it's own with the creams and indigos leaping out

and below the image is the strapline 'Maker's in Nelson Since 1897'

An Early 20thC Mounted Taxidermy Head of an Indian Blackbuck sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the “Last of the Badmen”Origin: India Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 Height: 31 inches (with horns) Width: 11 inches at head or 19 inches with horns Depth: 13. 5 inches An impressive head of an Indian antelope or Blackbuck, with two beautifully dark, twisting and spiralling black horns, large glass eyes, pricked up ears and dark brown and white fur. This example has a little wear to the ears, and one or two small areas of thinning, but is