| With elephant ivory long being band, there are actually | | | | ivory craft that is done specifically by carving the |
| several other types of animal ivory that must fill in for | | | | bones and far back teeth of the oceanic whale |
| the species protection of today's elephant ivory. Even | | | | species. |
| though there are a few various types of animals and | | | | The main reason for the differentiation is the fact that |
| mammals that do not have ivory restrictions officially | | | | the water and fish connections along with the natural |
| attached to them, there are always various rules and | | | | hand-crafted artistic ivory works of scrimshaw has |
| regulations to abide by. But in the end, when the true | | | | historically made a deep impression upon several |
| definition of authentic ivory is needed to be pinpointed | | | | centuries of natural craftsmanship. The original |
| officially, the definition of ivory falls within the animal or | | | | creations of scrimshaw were of the workmanship of |
| mammal categories of elephants and the pre-historic | | | | sailors, but later on became a part of those with a love |
| wooly mammoths. | | | | for scrimshaw artistic craftsmanship. The direct artistic |
| When it comes to Mammoth ivory, the direct ivory | | | | craftsmanship of scrimshaw artwork is one of the |
| processing is completely legal due to the Wooly | | | | handfuls of American indigenous practices by the |
| mammoth extinction that naturally happened slightly | | | | culture known as the Inuit, and a few other groups up |
| beyond 10,000 years ago or so. The legal processing | | | | and down the coast within the Northwest areas. |
| of mammoth ivory just can't be put under illegal ivory | | | | Directly related to the Yankee whale men that was a |
| trade basically because of the simple fact that there | | | | part of the 1800's, and the boredom of 2 to 5 years |
| have long been no other alive animals to actually be | | | | soon became a part history directly due to the |
| concerned about when it comes to the Wooly | | | | monotony of ship and ocean enclosure. |
| Mammoth. | | | | With this ship boredom, the scrimshaw carvings came |
| With mammoth ivory being such a originally beautiful | | | | about, and even the mammoth ivory pieces along with |
| formation of classic ivory, there also needs to also be | | | | the jawbones and the whale teeth were easily used |
| an original artistic formation that fits into direct relations | | | | as they were found in abundance. These artistic |
| of other forms of ivory and the artistic realm of | | | | works soon made their way into the everyday trading |
| scrimshaw ivory works. The direct definition of | | | | markets, and now are artistic collector's items well |
| Scrimshaw is an actual reference to a handmade | | | | worth the prices now paid. |