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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 13039074, member: 8267&quot;]I was going to suggest that you look for areas like that. It looks like the ink ran into the damaged area, which would indicate the engraving was added to a &quot;crusty&quot; horn.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]558171[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Raw horn, as it comes from the animal, can be quite rough like your example, which is why it was usually smoothed and polished before being decorated and used. I suspect whoever created your piece thought the roughness, whether from age or lack of preparation, made it look older.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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