Woolly Mammoth Tusk Section [Mammuthus]

3.1"/8cm wide x 9.9"/25cm long

Weight
712g

Photograph Shows Two Images of One Specimen; 
Face and Verso of specimen

Description

Exceptional Siberian Mammoth Tusk Section, very well preserved segment.

Beautiful polished to show a excellent finish; high lustre/patina to the enamel/Ivory.

Excellent colour tones; Warm or Honey Brown

Local Dolgan History

As fascinating and as unique the marvellous preservation of Mammoth Tusks from the frozen steps is, also is the habitat and customs of the nomads that often are the first people to discover the remains thawed out of the permafrost. The Dolgans are a nomadic people living on the tundra. When the thaw occurs they are sometimes fortunate to discover Mammoths and other Ice Age remains. It is the custom of these people to put something back into mother earth if you take something from it. And so it has been known that when tusks are taken for instance, a deer or live stock animal is slain and buried to compensate for the great value of these magnificent mammoth Tusks.

Genus

Mammuthus primigenius

Other Names

Woolly Mammoths - Mammuthus Primigenius, Russian mamont,

Location

Mount Tamyr (Taimyr), Peninsula, Siberian steps, Russia.

Geological Age

Quaternary Era, Late Pleistocene (Upper Pleistocene) Ice Age, Tarantian Epoch, around 200,000 - 10,000 years ago