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Hornbill Ivory bottle symbolism

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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2016, 10:24:07 pm »

Dear YT,

     Take each of your hornbills out, and rub it on the oily part in the indentations on either side of the nose. That is what netsuke collectors do to oil their pieces, and it works equally well on organic snuff bottles. Sounds gross, but works.
My ex-O'Dell hornbill looks much better than it did before.
best,
Joey


Yes Joey Wink

We have been having a hot spell recently. Should have enough oil  Tongue
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