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Hornbill Ivory bottle symbolism

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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2016, 05:23:27 am »

Dear All,

YT is right. Only one species is used for snuff bottles, as it is the only one which has a solid casque. Steven's second bird photo is the correct one.

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