[Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed

Wed Jul 27 12:51:25 EDT 2016

Ok, I'll jump in. It's proboscidean ivory, not wood.

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On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Hawks, Catharine <HawksC at si.edu> wrote:

> For ID, try  National Fish & Wildlife Service Forensic Laboratory – *Identification
> Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitutes*. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lab.fws.gov_ivory.php&d=CwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=VniS_tjLnAps2pUKXSKcF1Zj5nv2YEwIBCxVaFP_W9U&s=AxFjJWnI5axyODM_-0aotP6TJHg-mz_ZZxdSjYVtt2M&e= 
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:
> nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Loring, Stephen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:45 PM
> *To:* Pickering, Felicia <PICKERIF at si.edu>; Krupnik, Igor <KRUPNIKI at si.edu
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> *Cc:* 'nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu' <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>; '
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> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed
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> It looks –almost certainly—to be mammoth ivory to me.
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> *From:* Pickering, Felicia
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:36 PM
> *To:* Krupnik, Igor; Fitzhugh, William; Crowell, Aron
> *Cc:* Loring, Stephen
> *Subject:* FW: Alaskan Wood Experts Needed
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> See below and attached, in case anyone has any ideas.
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> Felicia
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> Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:22 PM
> Subject: FW: Alaskan Wood Experts Needed
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> Hi all,
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> I apologize for the cross posting.
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> I need some help with an interesting one… I had a woman come in wanting to
> donate some “mastodon ivory” that her father had brought back from Alaska
> in 1941. She brought it in for me to look at and it definitely appears to
> be vegetable, rather than animal or mineral.  I have attached some pictures
> to see if anyone can identify it. We aren’t taking it in, but she wants to
> learn what exactly it is that her father brought back all those years ago.
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> Any help would be much appreciated!
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> Lena
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> Lena Hernandez
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