Featured POSSIBLE tribal art ivory bangle

HELLO ALL AND I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.....i purchased this friday at a thrift store...it is 100% an IVORY bangle...there is cross hatching...theres very cude inlay work and carving...the inlay is turquoise and theres a opal off to the side..the outter is yellowing but the inside turned brown im thinking from skin oils and crazing thru out...there is etched writing inside..try to blow up those photos...its very hard to read..the 1st letter looka like A then a space SD the a box and last is what looks like LO...at 1st i thought eskimo maybe a walrus tusk but that would be one big walrus..does anyone have any info on this piece...thank you in advance....andy

 

Very nice piece, Andy.
I think a jewellery maker, possibly from the Southwestern US, took an antique Asian ivory bracelet and added turquoise as well as an opal paw print.

Hopi artist Charles Loloma sometimes incorporated African shell money beads in his bracelets.

Maybe someone could tweak the signature?

 

This is the best I can do:

 

Y'might try UV light as a potential help seeing an' reading those markings.

 

Schreger lines. It's ivory. Very nice item but can't be sold as such in the US

 

nice !!!!

 

Nice score.

 

once again you guys are fantastic..im going to try the uv light after dinner...how do you tweak a signature ??..i thought if a piece was over a 100 years old ivory could be sold in the usa ??..

 

maybe with the proper paperwork ....or if the ivory is less than 5%.......

something like that....... otherwise not so much..

 

i was just looking and found a site..i think this is mammoth tusk...mammoth has the same brown inside......https://alaskamint.com/shop/jewelry...olored-drop-fossilized-ivory-dangle-earrings/

 

i just dont think my bangle is contemporary

 

Antique or modern...nope. Not unless it's headed to a museum or some such and has proper documentation. Native Americans from the Alaska and the Pacific Northwest are allowed to sell fossil ivory products, but a non-Native buyer can't resell it as far as I know.

 

Anyone can sell mammoth ivory except in about a dozen states which ban the sale of mammoth ivory.

 

Mammoth and modern elephant ivories can be distinguished by the intersecting angles of the schreger lines. "Elephant Schreger lines cross at an angle greater than 115°. Mammoth Schreger lines cross at an angle less than 90°."

https://staff.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/2...nes cross at,and Ivory Substitutes found here.

You can find more about measuring the angles here, page 10 -

https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/resources/pub/E-Ivory-guide.pdf

 

alot of info..you guys are all awesome...i purchased another cuff bracelet that same day..they were right next to each other..its unmarked sterling..i tested it..im gonna put photos in the jewelry section if you want to see it...i have no clue who made it

 

In the USA you need a registered trademark to mark precious metal content,it could have been made by a student/hobbyist.

 

I was looking for the info on angles earlier today, remembering there having been a good article about it on the US Fish & Wildlife web site. Surprise, surprise, they seem to have been messing with the site, couldn't find anything useful after more than enough time searching.

Pics of bangle don't give much view of the Schreger lines, but from what I could see, thought mammoth was possible.