trophy mount

Preserved head display

A trophy mount is the preserved head, horns, or other parts of a hunted animal displayed on a wall or pedestal.

The term covers both the taxidermied specimen itself and the decorative plaque or base it's attached to: His office was lined with trophy mounts from African safaris.

Trophy mounts serve as evidence of hunting success and, for some, as decorative statements about masculinity or adventure.

Related

hunting · big game · wild game · wall · plaque · glass eyes · stuffed · elk · moose · cabin · man cave · lodge · horns · preserve · animal hide · hide · game · hunter

Categories
Opposites
living status

trophy mountwild animal

Undomesticated creature

wildlife · game animal

natural state vs. artifice

trophy mountuntouched wilderness

Land never altered by people

purpose/relationship to animal

trophy mountwildlife conservation

Protecting animals and ecosystems

wildlife sanctuary · nature preserve · catch and release · protected species · wildlife refuge

Family

trophy, mount, trophies, mounts, mounted, mounting, mountable, unmounted, remount

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