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FOSSIL MAMMOTH TUSK SECTION.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
FOSSIL MAMMOTH TUSK SECTION.

27” overall, 3” diameter, just over 8 pounds. This rough section of a Woolly Mammoth tusk has mostly smooth weathered bark-like exterior. Woolly mammoths lived for over 250,000 years in the northern portions of the globe. Fossil remains are found mostly in Russia and Alaska, they became extinct about 10,000 years ago. CONDITION: good overall, sound & solid with numerous cracks and some chips to the “bark”. A mixture of earthtone brown hues and the natural break make this an interesting specimen to display. PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Glen E. Mattox. (02-18971/JS). $800-1,200.