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THBRare Alaskan Fossilized Blue & Green Mammoth Tusk
Lot 173
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
North America, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Pleistocene epoch (Ice Age), ca. 35,000 to 10,000 years ago. This is a stunning fossilized tusk from a woolly mammoth with incredible coloration! This fragment has a curved profile with a polished and lustrous surface. The tusk base is jagged with a concave interior root area, showing the interior structures and layers. The exterior is an amazing creamy beige with vibrant patches of deep blue and jade green! These striking hues occur through the process of mineralization - after the animal's death this tusk lay in soil containing the mineral Vivianite, which occurs near mineral ores in gold mines. The same Alaskan mineral deposits that led to the gold rush of the 1890s has impacted the coloration of these tusks, and miners often discover these priceless remains, while digging for gold - arguably, these mammoth finds are much more precious than gold! Size: 22" L x 2" W (55.9 cm x 5.1 cm); 6.5" H (16.5 cm) on included custom stand.
Imagine walking in a modern Arctic or sub-Arctic landscape like Alaska, northern Canada, or Siberia and finding a tusk like this rising from the ground! The name mammoth comes from a Siberian word used to describe the tusks found there by native people, like the Khanty of the Irtysh River basin, and traded to Europe and China. Their occasional finds of massive tusks and even preserved mammoth bodies in the permafrost - often eroding out of the sides of riverbanks - led to their folkloric belief that mammoths were like huge rodents, dwelling underground, dying when they accidentally surfaced. With the invention of science as a discipline during the Age of Enlightenment, massive tusks like this one continued to capture imaginations all over the world - for example, Thomas Jefferson, who was fascinated by paleontology, is credited with introducing the use of the word mammoth as an adjective to describe something large.
This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece is over 100 years old.
Provenance: ex-private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#167932Fragment of a larger tusk. Areas of infill to gaps and fissures along the tooth. Surface is polished and has a rare coloration.Condition
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