Horn Carve
April 30th 2010 Posted at Antiques
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Horn Carve
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Zebu...Madagascar...horns.?
I went to Madagascar and brought home some beautiful jewellery, salt and pepper dishes, salad spoons ...made of zebu ( a type of cow) horns.
I just wonder, how it's made. Can they melt and reshape the horns? Some of these items could not be just cut/carved. They are not plastic, that's for sure. I bought them at a local village market that supported the local comunity.
The Zebu is commonly raised for food in Madagascar. Zebu horn is heated and then shaped and carved. It is used in the
production of jewelry, kitchen utensils, and home
accessories such as soap dishes.
Malagasy history has greatly influenced the formation of a
distinctive handicrafts industry. Migration patterns from the
Indian Ocean islands and African continent have blended in
Madagascar contributing to a unique culture which is of
Malayo-Polynesian origin in the highlands surrounding
Antananarivo and African in the coastal areas. Many
handicrafts depict this cultural history in the form of village
farming or fishing scenes. Nature is also very important in
Malagasy culture and environmental scenes are frequently
depicted in handicrafts.
It is estimated by the Department of Handicrafts, a division within Madagascar’s Ministry of
Industrialization, Commerce, and Private Sector Development, that the handicrafts industry
employs roughly 1.8 million people and contributes approximately 10%-15% to the country’s
GDP.
http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:L8mmrRfk1OEJ:www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/concentrations/epd/2005_EPDreport_Madagascar.pdf+Zebu+horn+is+heated+and+then+shaped+and+carved.&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1
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Horn Carve
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