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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 2841350, member: 13874&quot;][USER=4424]@abdel[/USER] Beautiful beads, nicely polished, warm colors, congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>Re origin of horn, well, lessee... There are really only so many types of horn that are suitable for bead making. I am not a specialist on horn but suffice it to say that although thousands of animal sources are around both now and before, not all make good hard durable beads.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that your beads are made from <i>bovine horn</i>. I e, cow or bull. It&#039;s a logical&nbsp; conclusion because there is more of that than almost anything else in way of horn available for jewelry making. In India, China, all of Asia actually, and Africa, South America, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>To think that someone could have &quot;wasted&quot; <i>rhinoceros </i>horn on beads is not very likely. It is worth more ground up for making <i>aphrodi</i>** [you know--can&#039;t risk being <i>censured</i> here] in the Orient. Same with any kind of ivory which traditionally is light in color also. Not that it couldn&#039;t be dyed but why would anyone do that with ivory that is more desirable when recognizable as light.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my guess is from the families of <i>cow/bull horn, bovine</i>. Cheap because of easy availability everywhere and only worth what can be made of them, knife handles, beads, trinkets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never thought it wrong to make useful and beautiful things from animal sources when they are readily available as part of the food chain.</p><p><br /></p><p>To purposely kill or maim animals to harvest their parts for profit is totally disgusting to me and I applaud and thank all&nbsp; good souls who work to stop that practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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