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South African Leadwood Black Rhinoceros

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
South African Leadwood Black Rhinoceros
Featured in this lot is this South African Leadwood Black Rhinoceros. The carved Rhinoceros shows a beautiful hand carved design, with lovely texturing to the skin of the rhino and professional execution of the carver’s imagination. The black rhinoceros, or hook-lipped rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to eastern and southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from brown to grey. The condition of this hand caved Leadwood black rhinoceros is good, with no obvious signs of damage; the rhino shows natural fissures. The measurements of this Leadwood carved black rhino are 4 1/4" x 10 1/2" x 3".