She's a taxidermy lover and collector in our house she has, um, a whole stuffed peacock, a rare blond raccoon, heads of a ram and a deer, several birds and antlers, and hides and furs and all that jazz.
Today Tyas is making a poker and a toasting fork, each topped with the horned head of a Whitefaced Woodland ram, a breed of local hill sheep.
A welcome relief is "The Patriarch" (circa 1885) by John Austin Sands Monks, a magnificently drawn, meticulously detailed head of a wicked-looking ram with curving horns.
"We have set the foundation for a year of sales growth with our 16 all-new or significantly revamped models for 2011," Fred Diaz, Chrysler's lead executive for United States sales and the head of its Ram truck brand, said in a statement.
Its traditional name is derived from the Arabic word for "lamb" or "head of the ram" (ras al-hamal), which references Aries's mythological background.
A contemporary account describes his appearance and courage in battle: And he himself, mounted on his charger, and being taller than the rest, led his whole army, wearing instead of a crown a golden figure of a ram's head inlaid with jewels; being also splendid from the retinue of men of high rank and of different nations which followed him..
And he himself, mounted on his charger, and being taller than the rest, led his whole army, wearing instead of a crown a golden figure of a ram's head inlaid with jewels; being also splendid from the retinue of men of high rank and of different nations which followed him..
Sometimes, the goat head is replaced by a lion's, horse's feet by a lion's and horns can be of a ram.
The final blow came a week after he rammed through the appointment of William Webster as head of a new accounting-oversight board.
