Tusk
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mammoth tusk
Measurements
93 mm (Height); 80 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 14310
Summary
Piece of mammoth ivory engraved in black towards base, 'MAMMOTH / IVORY / SLB'. Outer crust dark brown, with inside cream and partly hollow.
Provenance
purchase from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters