[Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed

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[mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Lena Hernandez
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:21 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed

 

Hi all, 

 

I apologize for the cross posting.

 

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.

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

Lena

 

Lena Hernandez

Collections Manager & Registrar

 

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I would definitely send the pics either to the Mammoth Site in SD
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mammothsite.com_&d=CwICAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=BIOqTgZWPYChp5wwFzy20bnKEIwuFWQxOyuk6PyCX0U&s=w-wsuLgRi3hxyd5nS_7cVIjynygg4FfVJvXXxVb7sZE&e= ) or to J-P Cavigelli at the Tate Geological Museum
in Casper, WY (you can find contact info for both online). For what it's
worth, though, I don't think it's wood and would definitely lean toward the
ivory hypothesis. Punky bone/ivory can look a lot like old wood, but it's
hard to say without touching the specimens directly.

 

W.

 

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