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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Horns
Please know that although I purchased these horns, they did come from animals that were alive at some point, but were not killed in order to obtain the horns. I love animals and was concerned that my purchase would put these animals at risk. The owner/proprietor did inform me that the horns were removed after the death of the animal. Sometimes the animals died from accidents, natural causes, or old age.
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Hi there! I was just starting to post a question as to the identity of your horns, when I noticed the post naming said horns. They look domestic? Years ago I had 75 angora goats and the rams had spectacular horns, one was a full curl as these apear to be. My hubby is an avid hunter and I love to collect "sheds" in the spring.
In answer to whether the horns are domestic, I wouldn't know. I did purchase these from within the United States. Don't know much about goats, rams, sheep, etc. only that they produce lovely fibres and are pretty animals. I find their horns to be amazing. . .how they curl up, are heavy and yet these animals can hold their heads up without feeling the weight of it all. Even after the boney matter substance was removed from the inside of the horns, the horns are still heavy.
I am always amazed at the weight of any animals horns! I cannot imagine the neck strength they must have to carry their glory. We recently repainted our living room and had to remove all of the mounts, (43 of them...) and it took some serious heaving on my part to haul out the moose horns....
***On another note...if you are a spinner, a piece of horn polished up with a hole drilled in makes a lovely diz) I did that with a chunk of one of cashmere goats horns...after I lopped them off one day infrustration from having to pull her head out of the fence on a regular basis. I feared she would be stuck there and completely vulnerable to predators.
Kim K
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