Description:

North America or Siberia, Pleistocene epoch (Ice Age), ca. 35,000 to 25,000 years ago. A rare example of an untreated mammoth tusk in its natural state - not restored or polished - that shows the fossilized material in the state that it was found. Imagine the Pleistocene, when the northern hemisphere was dominated by massive ice sheets drained by enormous glacial rivers and lakes. Imagine encountering this animal on an Ice Age steppe, towering up to 13 feet at the shoulder and weighing up to 12 tons, with this tusk and its partner rising in an upward curve from their jaw. Imagine the strength the animal's neck must have had just to hold up these massive teeth! Size: 3.05" W x 36" H (7.7 cm x 91.4 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: ex-private Tracy collection, Washington, USA

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#142315

  • Condition: In its natural and unpolished/unrestored state. Tip is lost as shown. Enamel has some small fissures but generally the tusk is well preserved. Handwritten collection number on the base.

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