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AN IBEX HEAD HUNTING TROPHY
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AN IBEX HEAD HUNTING TROPHY

BY ROWLAND WARD, CIRCA 1900

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AN IBEX HEAD HUNTING TROPHY
BY ROWLAND WARD, CIRCA 1900
Mounted on an ebonised shield with ivorine plaque stamped FIKA, NORTHERN NIGERIA, 11.1.1920, to the reverse paper label printed ROWLAND WARD LTD, THE JUNGLE, ROWLAND WARD, 167 PICCADILLY LONDON
40½ in. (103 cm.) high overall; 31 in. (78.9 cm.) wide overall;
together with an antelope hunting trophy; and an Asiatic sheep's head trophy, mounted on an ebonised shield (3)
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拍品专文

Rowland Ward (1835-1912) followed the family interest in natural history, travel and exploration, leaving school at the age of fourteen to join his father's taxidermy firm, Henry Ward, in 1864. He established his own business in 1872, which became one of the most prestigious taxidermy firms in the world. Later based at 167 Piccadilly, London, it was aptly described as 'The Jungle', from where Ward's big game hunting trophies, indigeous birds and species and even trophy inkwells were sold. He also produced a number of notable books on big game. After Ward's death in 1912, the firm moved to another location after the war and were present in Nairobi from 1950-70. They ceased buisness in 1977.