Black Lechwe
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The elegance of Lechwe horns
So, aren't lechwe horns so fantastically elegant? No matter what angle you look at them from, they always present a different shape to please the eye. And the differences between the various subspecies/species are very obvious once you really start looking... black, kafue, red, Nile, and to add to that, there is all the individual variation too on the general theme. The white ridges they have are also unique to this group of antelopes as far as I am aware.
Personally I prefer skull mounts, and thought I should share some of mine.
This is a 'good representative specimen' of a black lechwe that was wounded and lost by poachers. I particularly liked the curves on the tip, they flare outwards nicely. The bases are thick and the ridges nice and deep. I've just given them a coating of linseed oil so they're a bit more glossy than I like, but it'll dull down soon. The white ridges are very visible on this set. The skull in the background is a female Bangweulu tssebe, I have yet to pick up the skull of a good bull.
So, aren't lechwe horns so fantastically elegant? No matter what angle you look at them from, they always present a different shape to please the eye. And the differences between the various subspecies/species are very obvious once you really start looking... black, kafue, red, Nile, and to add to that, there is all the individual variation too on the general theme. The white ridges they have are also unique to this group of antelopes as far as I am aware.
Personally I prefer skull mounts, and thought I should share some of mine.
This is a 'good representative specimen' of a black lechwe that was wounded and lost by poachers. I particularly liked the curves on the tip, they flare outwards nicely. The bases are thick and the ridges nice and deep. I've just given them a coating of linseed oil so they're a bit more glossy than I like, but it'll dull down soon. The white ridges are very visible on this set. The skull in the background is a female Bangweulu tssebe, I have yet to pick up the skull of a good bull.
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