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Title: Agate replaces rhino horn in Yemen's new dagger handles
Author(s): Martin, E.B.; Vigne, L.
Year published: 1995
Journal: Oryx
Volume: 29 (3)
Pages: 154, fig. 1
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Museums - Asia
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Indian Rhino
Specimens. Locality: Nepal. In coll. Royal Collection, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
Specimens. Locality: Nepal. In coll. Royal Collection, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A Yemeni has produced dagger handles of locally quarried agate. When the manufacterer, Ahmed-al wazir, presented one to President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen in 1994, he won instant acclaim. Early in 1995 Yemeni's president visited Europe and gave several of Ahmed's daggers to senior dignitarie...
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