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New World, present day Alaska, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 100,000 to 20,000 years old. Wow! A bracelet comprised of 19 beads carved from fossilized mammoth tusk! The beads are polished to rounded forms, and then drilled through the center for suspension. They are strung on an elastic thread that enables them to stretch over the hand to fit a variety of wrist sizes. The surfaces are mainly white and creamy beige hues, with one bead displaying the brown and grey hues that develop from the fossilization process. The beads come from the tusks of the extinct woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) that lived during the ice age. The tusks of adult mammoths could reach lengths of fourteen feet or four meters! Size bracelet: 2.5" W (6.4 cm); singular bead: 25" W (0.6 cm)

Please note that fossilized ivory tusks from any species cannot be shipped to the US States of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington State.

Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA

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#160015

  • Condition: Excellent condition! The beads are made from prehistoric mammoth tusk, polished, and strung on a modern elastic thread to fit most wrist sizes.

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