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African Tusk Sculpture

Decorative African Warthog Tusk on Cast Bronze Base
Located in Asheville, NC
This African warthog tusk has been mounted on a cast bronze base with art deco detailing and bronze
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20th Century African Sculptures

African Heavy Wood Carved Elephant with Tusks
Located in Cincinnati, OH
African Heavy Wood Carved Elephant with Tusks Nice Details Slight wear on finish
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Late 20th Century African Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone sculpture figure. Item features
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Animal Sculptures

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Stone

Large Bronze Sculpture of a Mammoth Tusk with Parade of Animals by Ron Herron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Astonishing cast bronze sculpture that emulates a mammoth tusk, adorned with a captivating parade
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1990s American Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1950s African Wooden Elephant
Located in High Point, NC
This 1950s African Wooden Elephant is an exquisite representation of traditional craftsmanship. The
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Mid-20th Century African Animal Sculptures

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Wood

1950s African Wooden Elephant
1950s African Wooden Elephant
H 28.3 in W 24 in D 12.6 in
Ebony Wood Hand Carved African Elephant
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand carved wood ebony African elephant. Handcrafted in Africa. One of the tusk is damaged
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Early 20th Century African Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Ebony

African, Likely Cote D'ivoire, Wood Feline Mask
Located in New York, NY
African mask, likely Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire, early 20th century or later, with feline-like
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Crevoshay 18k Elephant “Surus” Brooch Pin from Masterworks: Endangered Treasury
By Paula Crevoshay
Located in Perry, FL
Tusks=(2)=7.03cs. Story of “Surus”: Elephants were amassed by vast armies throughout the centuries when
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurines and Sculptures

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Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Spinel, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

'Cerro Paine Grande, Chile' — from the series 'Axis Mundi', Contemporary
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
flanked by the peak of Cerro Paine Grande (3,050 m) and the sharp tusks of black sedimentary peaks known
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Photogravure, Etching

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Art Deco Bronze Bookends Wild Boar by Louis Riche, France 1930
By Louis Riché
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bookends wild boar by Louis Riche. Bronze with green patina on Belgian Black marble base. Ca. 1930. Literature: Les bronzes de XIXe siècle, Pierre Kjellberg, Le...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

50 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Mural from the Green River Formation, Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of natural history with our exquisite collection of luxury fossil art. Showcasing breathtaking natural specimens from the legendary Green Rive...
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2010s American Natural Specimens

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Limestone

50 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Mural from the Green River Formation, Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Four Eocene Era fossil fish from the Green River Formation are featured in this sculptural stone mural: a Cockerellites liops (formerly known as Priscacara) accented by three smaller...
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2010s American Decorative Art

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Limestone

Reconstituted Stone Tortoise or Turtle Garden Ornament
Located in South Salem, NY
A mid 20th century vintage cast stone garden ornament in the shape of a tortoise or turtle with detailed tortoise shell. Made in the United Kingdom. Please note wear consistent with ...
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Mid-20th Century English Garden Ornaments

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Concrete

Old Japanese Scholar's Stone/Tortoise Shell Type Stone/AppreciationStone/suiseki
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone mined in Japan. Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried. Such stone...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Other Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Pair of Vintage Antler Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1930's Northern Italian antler sconces with 2 lights. Measurements: Height: 23” Width: 14” Depth: 9”
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Vintage 1930s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Pair of Vintage Antler Sconces
Pair of Vintage Antler Sconces
H 23 in W 14 in D 9 in
Antique Japanese Painted Wood Vase with Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique Japanese Meiji period wood vase or vessel with striking aged yellow paint and decorated with carved wood elephant heads having hammered brass ears and tusks.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vases

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Wood

Vintage Hand Carved Hard-Wood Elephant Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand carved hard wood elephant sculpture. Large heavy ebony dark wood hand carved Anglo Indian elephant sculpture. Gorgeous vintage black hand carved wood ebony elephant. ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Satsuma, a fine and monumental 18" Meiji period charger Ozara with rare motif: Captain fisherman and his fish. Depicting a tale of Urashima Tarō* (see below), Signed Jyuk...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Ceramic

Antique German Black Forest Style Carved Owl Sculpture with Glass Eyes, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
An antique Black Forest style hand-carved Lindenwood owl sculpture, Germany, circa 1920. This impressive naturalistically carved dark brown wooden owl with glass eyes, sitting on a w...
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Vintage 1920s German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Indian India South East Asian Erotic Heavy Bronze Kama Sutra Figures Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly erotic, rather fascinating, and somewhat unique large pair of Indian (India) Kama Sutra bronze sculptural figures (The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit te...
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20th Century Indian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Solid Hand Carved Verdite African Hippopotamus Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice solid verdite hand carved figural hippopotamus sculpture, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 8.5" W x 6" D x 3.75" H. It has a great polished ...
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20th Century Zimbabwean Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Stone

Authentic Fossil Plate
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Authentic Fossil Plate by Unknown Artist. Measures 12 inches in diameter. The fossils are shown in cross section, as the stone used to make the plate has been sliced from a larger p...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

50 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Mural from the Green River Formation, Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of natural history with our exquisite collection of luxury fossil art. Showcasing breathtaking natural specimens from the legendary Green Rive...
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2010s American Decorative Art

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Limestone

Decorated Plate (Porcelain, Latvia, Sculpture, Smooth Texture, Translucency)
By Ilona Romule
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ilona Romule Decorated Plate (Porcelain, Latvia, Dish, Smooth Texture, Translucent, White Gold) Porcelain, Glaze, Chinapaint, Overglaze Decoration Year: 2000s Size: 2x9x9in Signed CO...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Pair of 19th Century English Turtle-Form Ormolu Mnt. Blue John Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and quite fine pair of 19th century Louis XVI style English turtle-form Ormolu Mounted Blue John (Fluorspar) Obelisks. Each obelisk is finely hand-carved with the finest q...
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XVI Obelisks

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Stone, Bronze

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Large Beaded African Warthog
Located in New York, NY
Large Beaded African Warthog.  Handmade in Africa from beads and wire.  Deep-blue metallic body
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21st Century and Contemporary South African Animal Sculptures

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Wire

Large Beaded African Warthog
Large Beaded African Warthog
H 36 in W 24 in D 11 in
Pair of 20th Century Lifesize Faux Elephant Tusks on Black Conical Bases
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Standing 68 inches tall these faux elephant tusks make a great and environmentally sound statement
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Late 20th Century South African Colonial Revival Animal Sculptures

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Copper

Rare and Exceptional Pair of Hand-Carved Live Edge Tusk by Franz Reich, circa 1
By Franz Pelzel
Located in Bellport, NY
A towering and believable pair of hand-carved wooden elephant tusks by Franz Reich. There is no
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Vintage 1940s Sierra Leonean British Colonial Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Vintage Carved Wood Elephant Wall Sculpture
Located in Toronto, ON
years of outdoor exposure can create. It has a gorgeous grey color and its wood tusks show wear
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Vintage 1970s South African Wall-mounted Sculptures

Elephant Reaches New Heights 8/15 - figurative, playful, bronze, sculpture
By Gillie and Marc Schattner
Located in Bloomfield, ON
used their sculptures, paintings and photographs to celebrate and save endangered animals. Based in
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Fine Elephant Family High Relief Carved Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
, African tribal, Asian. Awesome inspired carving! Mother, father and baby elephant, tusks and all
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Folk Art Sculptures

Guro Ceremonial Mask (Elephant), Ivory Coast
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This hand-crafted wooden mask was made by an unknown Guro artist in Ivory Coast, Africa. It would
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Mid-20th Century Sculptures

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Wood

Siam
By Kevin Box
Located in Napa, CA
tusks are a polished bronze. Kevin Box is an internationally-renowned sculptor working in cast bronze
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Siam
Siam
H 7.75 in W 5 in D 7.75 in
Dramatic Hand Carved Elephant Head Wall Mount
Located in Bellport, NY
with the use of mixed woods, the tusks look like ivory, very cleverly executed, originally brought to
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Vintage 1940s Sierra Leonean Rustic Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century Anglo-Indian Carved Rosewood and Bone Inlaid Elephant
Located in Dallas, TX
Hoshiarpur, India. In superb condition, tusks, trunk etc. Indian Elephants: In general, Asian elephants
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Animal Sculptures

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Bone, Rosewood

Vintage Brown Leather Elefant stool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie & Fitch
By Abercrombie & Fitch, Dimitri Omersa
Located in Vienna, AT
piece was part of the Africa series manufactured in the 1960s. Features handstitched aged leather with
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Leather

Large Woolly Mammoth Jaw
Located in London, GB
same size as the modern African elephant but with huge curving tusks and a thick woolly coat. These
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens

Large Woolly Mammoth Jaw
Large Woolly Mammoth Jaw
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H 19 in Dm 16.5 in
Monumental Pair of Tall Carved Wood Elephant Tusks Brass Bases
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Monumental pair of tall carved wood elephant tusks sculptures from Africa, both on square brass
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Vintage 1970s African Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass

Antique Head of an Oba King Bronze Benin Sculpture African Tribal Altar Bust
Located in Dayton, OH
accommodated a carved elephant tusk. This sculpture would have held a place of honor on an altar in the palace
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Antique Late 19th Century Tribal Busts

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Bronze

1000 Years Old Sub-Fossil Madagascar Hippopotamus Tusks in Acrylic Box
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
riparian lifestyle, very similar to that of the modern hippopotamus of modern Africa. They also shared the
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2010s Mexican Organic Modern Mounted Objects

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Other

Vintage Abercrombie and Fitch Leather Elephant Footstool by Dimitri Omersa
By Abercrombie & Fitch, Dimitri Omersa
Located in San Jose, CA
part of the Africa series manufactured in the 1960s. Features handstitched aged leather with tail, ears
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Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Leather

Jean-Francois Leroy for Daum Pate De Verre Large Amber Elephant
By Daum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
is composed of amber pâte de verre glass and depicts an African elephant standing on three legs with
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Early 2000s French Animal Sculptures

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Glass

Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Temple Toy on Wheels
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, this brass sculpture charms is with its exquisite depiction of a ceremonial Asian elephant. Heavy
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Early 20th Century Indian Animal Sculptures

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Metal, Brass, Bronze

19th Century Three Wallpapers the Three Continents
Located in Paris, FR
Nile and the feeder rivers of Africa. At her feet, the bow used for hunting and an elephant tusk. She
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wallpaper

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Paper

Trophy Size Elephant Tusk
Located in New York, NY
Mounted upright on Bronze Base
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Vintage 1930s African Sculptures

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Ivory

Pair of Benin Ivory Tusk Libation Cups
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Tusk Libation Cups mounted on period bronze gilt Griffin figures.
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Antique 19th Century African Folk Art Sculptures

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Bronze

Benin bronze. Nineteenth Century. Africa.
Located in Vancouver, BC
Museum quality antique Benin bronze with hole in top of head to accommodate ivory tusk, a show of
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Antique 19th Century African Sculptures

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Bronze

FRENCH ART DECO TURQUOISE POTTERY ELEPHANT signed 'Le Jan'
Located in San Francisco, CA
) and 'Dolly' (model). The charging muscular African elephant rendered mid-stride; the large, undulating
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Vintage 1930s French Animal Sculptures

Antique Continental Carved Ivory 7.3" Figure, Saint Antony & Pig
Located in San Marcos, CA
Fabulous & rare 19th century Napoleon III era continental carved African elephant tusk ivory 7
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Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Models and Miniatures

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Questions About African Tusk Sculpture
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    Yes, ivory tusks can be used for sculptures and figurines. However, the U.S. and many other countries have banned the import of ivory, meaning many artists no longer work with the material. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of sculptures from some of the world's top galleries.

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