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Velvet for sale

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Velvet for sale

It is not the velvet covering but the soft inner tissue that is prized by Asians for its health-giving properties. This display in Taipei shows sliced velvet in jars with a whole deer antler.

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Ken Drew, Deer and deer farming – The 2000s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15831/velvet-for-sale (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Ken Drew, published 1 March 2009.