Natural History - Female Mammoth Tusk
Pleistocene Era, 40000-20000 BP. A complete female woolly mammoth Elephas primigenius tusk having a dramatic curve along the length and showing light wear and small chip to the tip. See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47 for discussion. 8.20 kg, 148cm along the curve (58"). 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 complete female woolly mammoth Elephas primigenius tusk having a dramatic curve along the length and showing light wear and small chip to the tip. See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47 for discussion. 8.20 kg, 148cm along the curve (58"). 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.