Using Southwest Antler Lamps In Your Rustic Home.

The white tail deer is a distinctive American animal, and southwest antler lamps are part of the southwestern style. These intricate natural sculptures recall the wild nature of America's west. They will fit in well with your collection of painted hides, rawhide lampshades, and Kokopelli rugs. Although the southwest often conjures images of Native American pueblos, tough as nails cowboys, fast horses, and buffalo; a proud stag is also part of that imagery. They can often be seen bounding through the foothills of the Rockies, stopping to drink at a sagebrush stream, or startled from a cottonwood grove by a group of buck-skinned hunters. Southwest antler lamps are normally small in size and placed on a table. It is constructed of antlers and secured together to form a type of base. Some of the first things we think of when we consider the southwest are its outstanding natural wonder. 

These include sandstone buttes and mesas, to the desert scenery of saguaros and cholla cactus as well as the wide expanses of grassland to the winding silver rivers and pine clad foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Both animate and inanimate items of nature fit well with southwestern decor and lamps made of antlers are no exception. Many lamp makers use various types of antlers. The antlers of the White Tail Deer are found most often since they are the most common deer in the country. The distinctive antlers of the southwestern Mule Deer are used in making unique lamps. Spectacular elk antler lamps are also available, making use of the huge, graceful antlers of these noble animals. They make a larger than average lamp that is sure to be a conversation piece. 

Even though the moose is not an animal from the southwest, some antler lamps are made of moose antlers. It's nice to know that a deer has not been harmed in the construction of these antler lamps as the shedding process is a natural occurrence. All antlers are slightly different, and they bleach to different colors depending on how long they remain on the ground before they are found. Depending on the condition where they were shed, can also make a difference. So this ensures that every antler lamp is different. Both man and nature is involved in creating these wonderful and unique natural sculptures. A nice southwestern touch is to use a rawhide or painted leather lampshade on your antler lamp. Both types of lampshade will look amazing with an antler lamp and will add beauty and a sort of ruggedness to your home.

 With an antler lamp adorned with a rawhide lampshade in your living room or at your bedside, you will feel that you have brought a genuine piece of the old west into your own snug cabin. Go to our Southwestern Antler Lamps gallery.

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