There are many places here in Bangkok, where you can find animal figurines carved out of buffalo horn. Sometimes on sidewalks, sometimes in shops. Of course, I always had to check whether they have a hippo, but never had any luck. It so happens that there is such a shop in the Art-Section, at the Chatuchak (JJ) Weekend Market, not far from where my friends sell their paintings. The owner of the shop said that he never made a hippo in his life but if I had an example, he could copy it. The result is this black beauty! I love it very much. I think also due to the fact that I know, there are no other buffalo-horn-hippos around. It looks heavy, but because of the material it is very light weighted. I just decided that "Moo" would be a suitable name for this newest addition to the bloat!
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