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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Looks very much like ivory to me. The splitting pattern in the cross section is very typical for ivory which has a structure based on concentric cones, that split apart when not stored in stable humidity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">See this image for comparison: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Ivory-23_media_File-3AMammoth-5Fivory-5Fhg.jpg&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=PA_gJFJiozOOd7fXkJKq8mkLgajo-_ypJjAspiv-E6c&s=rO5pRET_4z9bNeo5dIb1tw7WozqgAmb2H3v7Qc8Rs3k&e=">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#/media/File:Mammoth_ivory_hg.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nigel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Mr Nigel T. Monaghan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Keeper,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Natural History Division,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">National Museum of Ireland – Natural History,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dublin D02 F627,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:bookings@museum.ie"><span style="color:black">bookings@museum.ie</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Watch: We are one of the Dublin stories on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Read: Guide to the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History, €5.95 from Museum Shops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Poetry: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dead Zoo – a whole book of poetry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Member: Merrion Square Network
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lena Hernandez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 27 July 2016 17:21<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I apologize for the cross posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Any help would be much appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lena Hernandez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Collections Manager & Registrar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Museum of Science & History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1025 Museum Circle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jacksonville, FL 32207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(904)396-6674 x212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:lhernandez@themosh.org"><span style="color:windowtext">lhernandez@themosh.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<P><FONT size=2>Taispentas nua - <STRONG>Dearbh na Poblachta: ir Amach
1916<BR></STRONG>New exhibition - <STRONG>Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916
Rising</STRONG><BR><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.museum.ie_1916_&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=PA_gJFJiozOOd7fXkJKq8mkLgajo-_ypJjAspiv-E6c&s=KyiAZOB1NHqU0J5Cc1v16ZGw2y96Uh5lNx8mysI31p8&e=">http://www.museum.ie/1916/</A></FONT></P>
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