Natural History - Adult Mammoth Tusk
Pleistocene Era, 40000-20000 BP. A large and complete adult woolly mammoth Elephas primigenius tusk having a dramatic curve along the length and showing light wear to the tip. See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47 for discussion. 14.60 kg, 156cm along the curve (61 1/2"). From a private European palaeontological collection; formerly in a Spanish collection; previously from a collection formed in Arizona, USA.
Condition Report: Fine condition; professionally conserved and restored. Rare.
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Pleistocene Era, 40000-20000 BP. A large and complete adult woolly mammoth Elephas primigenius tusk having a dramatic curve along the length and showing light wear to the tip. See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47 for discussion. 14.60 kg, 156cm along the curve (61 1/2"). From a private European palaeontological collection; formerly in a Spanish collection; previously from a collection formed in Arizona, USA.
Condition Report: Fine condition; professionally conserved and restored. Rare.