| th ivory is an exquisitely beautiful material medium | | | | pieces can be used for decoration purposes of knife |
| reaching far back into our artistically creative | | | | handles, jewelry, various types of artworks, and each |
| humanistic past, and still touches us today due to the | | | | slightly larger size discovered may be made into |
| well preserved mammoths being excavated | | | | Netsuke designs, piano keys, scrimshaws, gun handles |
| throughout Alaska and Siberia, and the traditional ivory | | | | and so forth. For the larger ivory findings, those pieces |
| carving artists. For the larger ivory findings, those | | | | will be individually sold just as all the other variations of |
| pieces will be individually sold just as all the other | | | | tusks. It is in the larger pieces discovered, and that then |
| variations of tusks. Whale ivory is another popular | | | | they will be carved into very thin sheets for the sales |
| ivory used for many kinds of carvings and especially in | | | | to those with the artistic talents of water color painting |
| maritime scrimshaw carvings. Just as mammoth ivory, | | | | sheets. |
| whale ivory is one of the most perfect materials to | | | | Whale ivory is another popular ivory used for many |
| carve small and elegantly detailed items out of. | | | | kinds of carvings and especially in maritime scrimshaw |
| If your ivory is damaged by dark patches, take it to a | | | | carvings. |
| professional who is knowledgeable in the proper | | | | Whale tooth carving has also been one of the original |
| polishing methods in a delicate material like ivory. | | | | materials for traditional and contemporary Japanese |
| Mammoth ivory is an exquisitely beautiful material | | | | Netsuke, due to its beauty and hardness. Just as |
| medium reaching far back into our artistically creative | | | | mammoth ivory, whale ivory is one of the most |
| humanistic past, and still touches us today due to the | | | | perfect materials to carve small and elegantly detailed |
| well preserved mammoths being excavated | | | | items out of. |
| throughout Alaska and Siberia, and the traditional ivory | | | | If you are the proud owner of any type of ivory, |
| carving artists. Most all of these highly talented artists | | | | whether it is whale, mammoth, or elephant, proper care |
| have been uniquely trained by highly skilled and | | | | is very important for this delicate material. If a piece |
| experienced senior artists. | | | | becomes slightly yellowed from darkness, wipe it |
| When a mammoth is being excavated for the usage | | | | down with a soft cloth that has been dipped in water |
| of its tusks ivory carvings, the tusks are rarely | | | | diluted lemon juice. It is best to use half and half of |
| completely full, but instead may come in a few large | | | | each, and rub very gently to bring back the whiteness. |
| sized pieces to many smaller shaped parts. Overall, | | | | If the ivory is combined with any kind of metal, do not |
| there are an average amount of a ton to two tons of | | | | get the metal wet with the lemon juice in any way. If |
| mammoth ivory is dug up, processed and distributed | | | | your ivory is damaged by dark patches, take it to a |
| each year. | | | | professional who is knowledgeable in the proper |
| From the largest to the very smallest, there is no | | | | polishing methods in a delicate material like ivory. |
| wastage of the salvaged ivory. Even the smallest of | | | | |