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Ivory / tip of tusk? Help ID


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Hi! I found this ivory piece I would like some help...

 

Its has a rounded tip so I figure it might be a type of tusk tip? I know ivory grows on ring like formations but this piece is almost flat like more of a oval. 

 

And its so polish on the outer layer.

 

I found it in a beach near Tybee Island in the Savannah River.

 

Any help is apprecieated!!!

 

Thanks in advance

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Yep, proboscidean tusk! :)

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On 4/12/2018 at 7:03 PM, ynot said:

It is a piece of ivory.

The schreger lines are plainly visible.

 

On 4/12/2018 at 7:06 PM, Rockwood said:

They also seem to indicate that it is a slab from one side.

 

On 4/12/2018 at 7:08 PM, abyssunder said:

Yep, proboscidean tusk! :)

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On 4/13/2018 at 6:25 AM, Darko said:

Definitely piece of Ivory.Nice :)

 

Thank you everyone!

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