Carved Mammoth Ivory

Following the ban on elephant ivory in 1972, woolly mammoth tusks became a desirable material to use as a medium for Fine Chinese carvings.

Sterling silver, patinated and painted etched copper and hand carved mammoth fossil ivory, by Linda Thompson (20th, 21st century) Texas.

Large mammoth tusk and its wooden support, all finely hollowed out and carved.

A large pre-historic mammoth tusk taken from the Siberian permafrost, which has been carved with dozens of figures feeding a Buddha, by contemporary master sculptors in China and mou...