The center of this composition carved on a moose antler is 2 mooses fighting. These beautiful huge animals are tenants of the Russian woods and are considered typically Russian animals.
Their size, strength and at the same time gracefulness make them the object of admiration and adoration.
This is a composition depicting a bear and two wolves' interaction.
Wolves and bears can coexist peacefully, they often avoid each other but their interactions can be quite violent when, for instance, they fight over animal carcasses or when a bear gets too close to the wolves' den and they may attack.
Let's leave it to the viewer's imagination why the fight depicted in this carving is happening......
This composition in which separate sculptures of the animals (the whole or a part of the body) are used has the effect of space and movement. The boar and the dogs are carved of wood and are fixed onto the moose antler which is carved as a wood background.
