Only the upward-reaching arc of the drinking horn and the deep red notes of the carpet and chairbacks provide counterpoint.
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The building's administrator, hatless, presents the Kloveniers' elaborately mounted ceremonial drinking horn.
Other finds in the 5m-long (16ft) grave in Ardnamurchan included a knife, what could be the tip of a bronze drinking horn, a whetstone from Norway, a ring pin from Ireland and Viking pottery.
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Some believe drinking from intricately carved rhino horn cups brings good health, and the cups are highly prized by collectors, US authorities said.
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In China, there is a centuries-old traditional belief that drinking from the intricately carved rhinoceros horn cups brings good health.
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