Hornbill ivory
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Hornbill ivory is a precious ornamental material derived from the helmeted hornbill, a large bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
19th-century Japanese belt ornament in hornbill ivory, showing natural preen gland colouring
Cross-section of helmeted hornbill head, showing dense bony layer of the casque, harvested for hornbill ivory
Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil)
Borneo
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Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of 748,168 km2, and population of 23,053,723. Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda
Hornbill ivory
…in French) is a precious ornamental material derived from the helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil), a large bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Many hornbill species have "casques", decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill. In most, the casque has a spongy structure, but in the…
Marine life off the coast of Borneo, in the Sulu Sea
Lake Sentarum, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan
The critically endangered Bornean orangutan, a great ape endemic to Borneo
Logging near Crocker Range National Park. Borneo has lost more than half of its rainforests in the past half century.