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    Posted 11 years ago

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    lundy
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    hi again, is this ivory ? I don't know about this, yard sale find ,is it old and what kind on bone might it be thank you ,

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Looks Inuit to me. Can't tell by pic if walrus "ivory" or bone. Bone will have a grain to it that is porous (normally).
    2. lundy lundy, 11 years ago
      thank you blunderbuss2 ,there is no grain to it
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      I assume then that it is walrus or possibly mammoth as I don't think elephants were ever indigenous to the Arctic. This is assuming it is Inuit.

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