Name/Title
TuskEntry/Object ID
2003.039.005Description
Mammoth Tusk, Ivory, 1/2 of hollow cross-section of the tusk, with mild or light patina, glossy surface.
Label states: Wooly mammoth ivory occasionally eroded from the land. Ivory and bone could be shaped into useful building components, tools and art. Wood was in short supply in the arctic. People invented ways to use all the products at hand.