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North America, Northern United States, Alaska, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 100,000 to 10,000 years ago; Eastern Europe / Northern Asia, Russia, Siberia, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. This is an amazing collection of 6 fossilized and preserved pieces from prehistoric animals, including a woolly rhinoceros tooth and woolly mammoth ivory, teeth, and hairs! The ivory fragment is from a tusk; the layers of cementum has developed a lovely caramel hue and the inner dentine is exposed. The tuft of hair is from the body of a mammoth that was preserved in the ice for thousands of years, and the lengthy hairs demonstrate the insulation these animals needed to survive. The 3 teeth are molars that are cut and polished on one face to show the fossilized internal structures. The last tooth is from a woolly rhino, the cavities on top indicate this is a molar and a natural part of the crown formation and inspired the scientific name Coelodonta antiquitatis which translates to "ancient hollow tooth." Size of ivory: 8" L x 2" W (20.3 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA

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  • Condition: The ivory is a fragment of a larger piece. The three mammoth teeth are fragments as shown and each is professionally prepared: cut, polished, and coated in clear fixative coating. Rhino tooth has stable fissures from fossilization, some chips to enamel and root, and pebble imbedded in the crown. Tooth drilled on base and mounted on a stand.

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