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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 327532, member: 5833&quot;]Was it faux?</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone who was selling it for me had trouble with eBay US over a pendant that incorporated an African figure carved in some kind of cattle bone.&nbsp; At the time, &#039;cow bone&#039; was what some sellers were using for things that really were ivory.&nbsp; Apparently eBay caught on to that.&nbsp; When my friend protested that piece really was cow bone, they advised her that she could use &#039;bovine bone&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Searches for &#039;Dieppe&#039; or sometimes for &#039;carved natural material&#039; are likely to turn up ivory items.&nbsp; My favorites are the sellers who tiptoe around in their description &amp; title when piece is not ivory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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