Medieval Russian nurser article with picture

[bunnyjadwiga]

It's got a PICTURE:
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/6421/

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[dreamingbear.livejournal.com]

just have a question... how is something wooden made from cow horn???

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

The item has aged in such a way as to look wooden, I think. There are a bunch of Novogorod items in the books I have that look like wood in the picture but turn out to be bone or ivory.
A picture of another cow-horn feeder, early American:
http://www.pedialink.org/pedialink/neopix/view.cfm?photoID=2020&topicID=023&lvl=2&myLevel=I