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Summary Of: IvoryIvory has availed itself to many ornamental and practical uses... Synthetic substitutes for ivory have been developed... been viewed by piano purists as an inferior ivory substitute on piano keys... Section through the ivory tooth of a mammoth... Section through the ivory tooth of a mammoth... Section through the ivory tooth of a mammoth... Ivory has been a most prestigious material for carving... Ivory has been a most prestigious material for carving... Ivory has been a most prestigious material for carving... Ivory cover of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch... Ivory cover of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch... civilizations used large quantities of ivory to make high value works of art... Ivory was often used to form the white of the eyes of statues... The Chinese have long valued ivory for both art and utilitarian objects... Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the Chinese... ivory was moved along the... Chinese craftsmen carved ivory to make everything from images of deities and decorations... ivory also became a common material for... Laos and Cambodia traditionally harvested ivory from their domesticated elephants... Ivory was prized for containers due to its ability to keep an airtight seal... Ivory was also commonly carved into elaborate seals utilized by officials to... ivory was the material of choice for making the handles of magical... ivory was also used to craft the faces and hands of Catholic icons and images of... Tooth and tusk ivory can be carved into a vast variety of shapes and objects... A small example of modern carved ivory objects are small statuary... ivory was important for cutlery handles... Ivory can be taken from dead animals... however most ivory came from elephants who were killed for their tusks... which have very hard white ivory prized for making artificial teeth... the importation and sale of ivory in many countries is banned or severely restricted... Since the worldwide ivory trade ban in 1989 there have been ups and downs in elephant populations... and ivory trade as bans have been placed and lifted... Namibia and Botswana claim that ivory trade is necessary... hundred million US dollars ivory sales generated ever reach Africans... of the elephant ivory transactions on Ebay violated their own wildlife policies and could potentially be illegal... claims that legalizing ivory trade anywhere in Africa will endanger elephants everywhere in Africa as poachers would attempt to... launder their illegal ivory with legal stockpiles... Trade in the ivory from the tusks of dead... Mammoth ivory is used today to make handcrafted knives and similar implements... The demand for ivory is primarily from the Japanese... Ivory hankos were introduced only in the last century... granted China and Japan permission to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles in a one... it had lost track of 121 tons of ivory between 1991 and 2002... is not true ivory but resembles it... Ivory Carving in Thailand... Ivory and the Elephant... reports on the ivory trade inclduing those on ETIS...Encyclodia Page On: Ivory |
