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Old 28th September 2008, 01:47 PM   #3
kai
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Hello Henk,

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Pommel looks more wood to me. I can't discover the ivory.
That's not wood grain but Schrade lines...

Thus, should be elephant. Flavio you could try measuring the exact angle to determine the genus/species. BTW, I would be interested to see an example of Moro ivory verified as being made from mammoth (which seems to have been widely traded - reaching SE Asia seems not unlikely).

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Kai
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