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« on: July 16, 2017, 06:37:15 pm »

All,

Here's another bottle I bought 8 years ago.  I think it is a cicada, measuring 6.1 cm.
I've thought it to be a modern bottle, made from hornbill, but upon further investigation, I'm not even sure it's hornbill?!?  What do y'all think?

Cheers,

Rube.


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