Rhino traps and rhino horns

Dinkas in Sudan. Forest in Aliab country, Bahr el Ghazal Province. Saw white rhino trap that the Dinkas make in the rains.

Forest in Aliab country, Bahr el Ghazal Province. Saw white rhino trap that the Dinkas make in the rains.

The horns are made into clubs. Small pieces of horn are sometimes made into finger rings and ornaments to hang as bead necklaces. It is not used as a medicine, but shavings of the horn are sometimes put into stale native beer, if a visitor arrives unexpectedly, as it makes the beer bubble and 'boil' and then it looks freshly brewed and suitable for a guest.

Sudan. The meat is good.

1953, Sudan, Horn is valuable, worth a bull, say E?8