Is This A Cow Horn?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by cxgirl, Mar 11, 2017.

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  1. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    isn't the strip skin of some sort...?
     
    komokwa, Mar 12, 2017
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I don't know what the lifespan of such a thing can be even if protected.
    Maybe if it was coated with something?
    'Barr grease' or whatever. ;)
     
    KingofThings, Mar 12, 2017
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  3. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    it is leather/skin
     
    cxgirl, Mar 12, 2017
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  4. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    It appears woven here
    Untitled-TrueColor-04.jpg
    I was thinking oilcloth
     
    terry5732, Mar 12, 2017
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    yr probably right.....a quick look and i thought it may be pores....
     
    komokwa, Mar 12, 2017
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  6. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    It actually looks like snakeskin and I'm wondering if you should be checking the type of horns on Asian breeds because it looks like a fantasy item from that area.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 12, 2017
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  7. PACKRAT

    PACKRAT Well-Known Member

    Horns vary greatly even within a breed. Hard to confim unless DNA tested. They do not have to point up to be curved. The carving of the 1800 looks modern to me. Done with a dremel tool in my opinion and not well done in the hope of looking old. Or just sloppy.
     
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