Overzicht van Zuid-Sumatra

Rhinos can be killed in various ways: 1. They are often shot by guns. 2. To capture the animals in pits which have been made invisible and have sharpened pieces of bamboo (randjoe) in them, and to kill them afterwards. 3. Natives also use a spear (vallans), consisting of a very sharp pointed piece of bamboo, made heavier by attaching a piece of wood, which is suspended above the path made by rhinos or elephants.

1919, Sumatra, for a large horn f 200 (guilders) can be fetched

Sumatra. The rhinoceros horn is an ingredient of medicine much sought after by eastern people, for instance for poisonous bites of snakes and scorpions) and in thin slices as an amulet.