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<p>[QUOTE="wenna, post: 234566, member: 541"]I picked up this bracelet before realizing it is/might be ivory (it is, right???); I was pretty sure it wasn't plastic but it had some discolored areas and interesting patterning in places. I was thinking some type of bone maybe. I know that there is a ban on selling elephant ivory, but I continued to research it wondering if I could date it somehow. I ran across mammoth ivory and am now wondering if it might actually be mammoth? Is anyone familiar enough with ivory to differentiate? It depends on the angle of the Schreger lines but I'm not confident in my ability to judge this. Hopefully my pics are clear enough. The inside diameter of the bracelet is 3"; it is 1" wide and it weighs a little more than 70 grams...it is a hefty piece! Thanks for looking and your input on this!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]70929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wenna, post: 234566, member: 541"]I picked up this bracelet before realizing it is/might be ivory (it is, right???); I was pretty sure it wasn't plastic but it had some discolored areas and interesting patterning in places. I was thinking some type of bone maybe. I know that there is a ban on selling elephant ivory, but I continued to research it wondering if I could date it somehow. I ran across mammoth ivory and am now wondering if it might actually be mammoth? Is anyone familiar enough with ivory to differentiate? It depends on the angle of the Schreger lines but I'm not confident in my ability to judge this. Hopefully my pics are clear enough. The inside diameter of the bracelet is 3"; it is 1" wide and it weighs a little more than 70 grams...it is a hefty piece! Thanks for looking and your input on this! [ATTACH=full]70928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]70929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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