[Nhcoll-l] Alaskan Wood Experts Needed

[Monaghan, Nigel]

Lena

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.

See this image for comparison: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Ivory-23_media_File-3AMammoth-5Fivory-5Fhg.jpg&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=PA_gJFJiozOOd7fXkJKq8mkLgajo-_ypJjAspiv-E6c&s=rO5pRET_4z9bNeo5dIb1tw7WozqgAmb2H3v7Qc8Rs3k&e= 

Nigel

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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Lena Hernandez
Sent: 27 July 2016 17:21
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
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