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LOT 0500

Geological Rare Mammoth Tusk

PLEISTOCENE ERA, CIRCA 30,000-40,000 BC.

56" (11.5 kg, 1.42 m excluding base).

A large and impressive adult woolly mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius) tusk, found preserved in tundra in Siberia; the ivory orange-brown in colour and finely preserved with the typically marked curvature of this species; with custom-made display base.

Provenance

Ex Douglas Rose collection; from Siberia.

CONDITION

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LOT 0500

Geological Rare Mammoth Tusk

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,786

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