Monday, November 17, 2014

Ivory

Ivory

     It's hunting time and people are getting their elk.  This was a special order for some earrings.


2 comments:

  1. Are these earrings made from the horns of an Elk, Marie? These concentric rings are interesting. Kan you know from them how old the animal was?

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  2. They are the back teeth of elk. The cows have 2 ivories and the bulls have 4 ivories. A biologist would know how old this elk was. The ivories were small and not too worn, so I'm guessing it was a younger elk. This pair of teeth has nice carmeling color.

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