what is this?

artmichalek said:
If they were Bovinae, the bone at the roots would show a smooth transition to the top of the cranium. Some kind of Cervidae is more likely if they are, in fact, horns.
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Sounds impressive, but clearly wrong. This looks very much like a cow horn core (maybe fossil). It is not an antler.

~Alden
 
motherofpearlcc said:
hummm the man told me it come from Woolly Rhino,but it just too small be Rhino horn.
I donot know.
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They are not woolly rhino, (I have some, NFS) woolly rhino have no horn cores, the horns of woolly rhino grow from peticles on the nose similar to how an antler grows on the head of a deer, those are horn cores, also, I see eye sockets there, there certainly would be no eye sockets in that relationship to a rhino horn. The origin of your specimins would be helpfull, if Alaska or Siberia, I would most certainly say Steppe Bison horn core, small ones though. I am happy to help you identify anything you might get in the future if I can. They sure look like they would have made great handles.
 
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Don't know about the sister-in-law thing, but I swear that those look almost identical
to the pair that my Mother-in-law sports!
 
Rhinocerous horn is much like cow or buffalo horn. It's made of compressed hair.
Cervidae horn is completely different, consisting of microscopic plates stacked together.
 
Hmmmm. Wooly Rhino? Naaaaa, I'd say more like a silky rhino or maybe an angora rhino. It's so hard to tell them apart as I'm sure you know.

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin
 
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