Dear All,
The direction of the twist does not much look like markhor. This piece of artwork was discussed by Helmut Epstein some time ago in the Journal of Heredity, Volume 42, Issue 2, 1 March 1951, Pages 81–84.
https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/42/2/81/958387
Best wishes, Laszlo
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Vicky Piskin <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 29 November 2017 07:34
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Caprid horns, real? or fantasy?
Dear Kate,
and me, influenced by my location, I could say,... hmmm, why not call it an Angora goat? Which is included in what Richard described as "domestic goat with twisted horns".
I agree with previous commends that matching a piece of art with sth from the real world is extremely tricky. Who knows what was in the mind of the artist and what he/she wanted to show/hide/exaggerate? Perhaps one needs to use a lot of "may be" "looks like" "have elements reminiscent of..." etc
Vicky
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