Featured Chinese Water Buffalo carving

Good Evening
I found this on a local boot sale market today. It seems to be a water buffalo carved out of some type of horn. I think buffalo horn but not certain it contains that much solid horn for this size carving.
Any information will be welcome.

Jannie

 

nice little critter.......could be horn, but kinda looks like hardwood from the pics...

 

Looks like wood to me too.

 

Good morning
It is definitely horn and not wood. I had to put some wax on it as it was very dry and cracked. Here is a less waxed picture.

 

I agree, buffalo horn, and Chinese or SE Asian. Datewise early-mid 20th century imo.

 

The pointed end of a horn is solid, and could provide a large enough piece if it was a large horn. The cone-within-a-cone pattern visible on the base and on the side indicates that the carving is oriented with the butt of the animal toward the tip of the original horn.