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rhinoceros horn

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rhinoceros horn
in powdered form, considered powerful fertility agent. [Eastern Culture: Misc.]
See : Fertility


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What makes a jambia valuable is the handle, with those made of rhinoceros horn the most precious, and its age," explains Saikal.
Jambiya craftsmen, concerned authorities and academics this month attended an awareness-raising workshop on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), during which experts urged craftsmen to replace rhinoceros horn with alternative materials in their daggers.
The Netsuke its self can be made from many various natural materials like ivory, wood, various animal teeth, boar tusk, rhinoceros horn, animal bones, black coral, shell and several other hard materials of the earth.
 
 
 
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