Description:

Central Asia, Russia/Siberia, Pleistocene epoch (Ice Age), ca. 35,000 years ago. A finely preserved neck vertebra from a mammoth, one of most famous prehistoric animals. The bone is a glossy brown from fossilization with a smooth foramen surface. The porous bone interior is exposed at the edges. The name mammoth comes from a Siberian word used to describe the tusks found there by native peoples, like the Khanty of the Irtysh River basin, and traded to Europe and China. Their occasional finds of massive tusks and preserved mammoth bodies in the permafrost - often eroding out of the sides of river banks - led to their folkloric belief that mammoths were akin to huge rodents, dwelling underground, dying when they accidentally surfaced. A fabulous bone that indicates the massive size of these mammoths! Size: 10.5" W x 7.5" H (26.7 cm x 19 cm); 9.25" H (23.5 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex- private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA

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#159370

  • Condition: Nicks, chips, and stable fissures as expected with fossilization process. A singular vertebra, well preserved!

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