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An elk horn chair in the Nevada State Capitol Geweihsessel Leuchterweibchen (Female candle) at the Jagdschloss Grunewald. Horn furniture is a name given to furniture which is manufactured completely by shed antlers or pieces of furniture such as e.g. cabinets which are appliqued with antler elements such as carved horn roses or with antler pieces from tusks, fallow deer, stag and deer.
Antler comes from the Old French antoillier (see present French : "Andouiller", from ant-, meaning before, oeil, meaning eye and-ier, a suffix indicating an action or state of being) [3] [4] possibly from some form of an unattested Latin word *anteocularis, "before the eye" [5] (and applied to the word for "branch" or "horn" [4]).
The Siberian and North American elk carry the largest antlers while the Altai wapiti has the smallest. [14] Roosevelt bull antlers can weigh 18 kg (40 lb). [28] The formation and retention of antlers are testosterone-driven. [29] In late winter and early spring, the testosterone level drops, which causes the antlers to shed. [30] Rocky Mountain elk
Elkhorn Lake is a lake in Kandiyohi County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [ 1 ] Elkhorn Lake was named for a large set of antlers found near the lake in the 1850s.
A post office in the community was established in 1876. The origins of the name Elk Horn are unclear: it may be named for a large collection of elk horns displayed at the local mill, or for a pair of antlers found in the area and thought to be unusual. [4]
The growth of antlers among the females of the deer species is only normal in female reindeer. 4. A Reindeer Grows New Antlers Every Year . Reindeer grow new antlers yearly.
Elkhorn Creek is a stream in Wayne County, Indiana and Preble County, Ohio, in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of the East Fork Whitewater River . Elkhorn Creek was so named because it was thought its course resembled antlers.
Seth Kinman, the noted hunter and antler chair-maker, and myself were tendered fifty dollars each to preside as the orchestra for a Christmas ball at Uniontown in 1852. Kinman's repertoire consisted mainly of an alternation of the "Arkansaw Traveler" and "Hell on the Wabash" and mine was little more varied or pretentious.