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Imitation rhino horns |
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Alfred, E.R. |
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1961 |
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Malayan Nature Journal |
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15 (1/2) |
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39-40, pls. 18-19 |
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| Working in Raffles Museum, Singapore - fake horn cups. The existence of faked rhinoceros horns which have been confused as genuine ones, has been pointed out by Hooijer (1959) who described a specimen from Djakarta that was made from the horn of an ordinary water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis (Linn.)... |
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| Fake horn cups. The use of rhinoceros horn as an aphrodisiac in Chinese medicine is well known. Faced now with the near estinction of the Malaysian species of rhinoceros which are at the same time well protected by game laws, it is not surprising if substitute horns are being produced. Hooijer ... |
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Imitation rhino horns
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