African Black Panther

“African Black Panther” color scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Matt Stothart. Ivory used as a net sinker by people in the Northern Bering Sea area hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Beautiful bubinga stand created by Cash is a work of art in itself. This magnificent animal looks like he is just taking his time in the shade, resting behind a tree limb. Excellent work by Stothart/Cash on this keeper. From the extensive collection of one of our clients who is no longer with us. Really like this one.

Taken from the internet: A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been documented mostly in tropical forests, with black leopards in Africa and Asia, and black jaguars in Central and South America. Melanism is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and by a dominant allele in the jaguar.