A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns sub-Curios with a moiré silk interior

with a moiré silk interior and inner purse pocket with clasp

standing with upturned head

mounted onto shaped oak shields survive from the second quarter of the twentieth century

‘Lavender’

the globe works as it would have done almost a century ago

A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns sub-Curios with a moiré silk interiorOrigin: Asia Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 23 inches (with horns) Width: 25. 5 inches (at maximum) Depth: 7 inches (at maximum) The impressive female (Bubalus bubalis) water buffalo horns arching backward an then curving upward flanking the skull, with the set of teeth still present, the whole presented un mounted, surviving from the first half of the twentieth century. The condition of the whole is good