It’s a pedestal. I shot an elk this past fall while hunting in Colorado. This European skull mount needed a home. This is ambrosia with some wild contrasting color. The base (some sort of maple) came from a twisted up plank that came out of my grandpa’s woodshop from a project he made when i was a kid more than 45 years ago. I snagged it about 12 years ago when we cleaned out the house and i’ve been carrying it around ever since. Nothing too complicated here. Finish is Minwax warm satin.