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Identification of Marine Ivory

Discussions, identification and analysis of the different types of Marine Ivory
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Identification of Marine Ivory

Postby souldeep » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:41 pm

The Ivories, used within netsuke and referred to as marine, are most likely to have been sourced from a Whale, Walrus or Narwhal.


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