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19th-century Inuit artifact from the Bering Sea region, crafted from walrus ivory to depict a polar bear carrying its cub. Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later) (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

Lotsa unicorns way back then. Hung.

edit: meant "hunh", but I'm leaving it.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Unicorns just have the same horn down there. It’s all one diagonally placed bone all the way through.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    IIRC, horns are keratin and antlers are bone. ☝🏼

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