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File AvailableJenyns, S. 1953 Oriental antiquities from the Sloane collection in the British Museum. British Museum Quarterly 18: 18-20
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Sloane Collection in British Museum, London. The departemt has 4 carved rhinoceros horn cups. Two of these are reproduced by W. Born in 1939. The gilded cup is probably No. 1142 and was acquired by Dr Kaempfer in Japan.
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File AvailableSmythies, O. 1953 Tiger lady: adventures in the Indian jungle. Melbourne, London and Toronto, William Heinemann, pp. i-xi, 1-229
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
1953, Nepal, horn costs 100-150
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File AvailableMacKenzie, P.Z. 1953 Rhino traps and rhino horns. Sudan Wildlife and Sport 3 (1): 5-6
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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African Rhino Species
1953, Sudan, Horn is valuable, worth a bull, say E?8
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File AvailableReinach, L. de 1950 Le Laos. Paris, E.Guilmoto, pp. i-vii, 1-392
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
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Asian Rhino Species
1920, Laos, 111 to 137 francs per kilo
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Asian Rhino Species
The horn is valued by the Chinese for medical and aphrodisiac purposes.
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Asian Rhino Species
1949, Borneo, carcass value totalled $300 or more
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File AvailableShebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. 1948 The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 22: 88-91, pls. 1-3
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Asian Rhino Species
1948, India, market value about IRS 25 per ounce, and a good horn weighs over 60 ounces
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File AvailableShebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. 1948 The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 22: 88-91, pls. 1-3
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Asian Rhino Species
Horn is valued as an antidote for various poisons, including opium.
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Ho Van Cam 1947 Big game in Viet-Nam. Nguoi San Ban Dong Duong 1947 October 1: 33-34
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
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All Rhino Species
Rhino horns are used in Sino-Vietnamese medicine.
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File AvailableAndersson, C.J. 1946 Africana Museum: some recent acquisitions. Africana Notes and News 3 (2): 65-66
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Africana Museum, Johannesburg. Horn cup, mounted with a silver rim on the base, inscribed ?Made from the horn of a rhinoceros killed by C.J. Andersson on July 15th, 1853.'
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