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   BruceS | Jan 27, 2007 04:14am | #1

   I hope it was extinct mammoth  or mastadon

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   jeanlou | Jan 27, 2007 04:34am | #2

   Dude

   I would guess that the carving comes from China, India or Thailand. The ivory is surely dry, so my suggestion is not to do anything. You may snap the carving. I would make a lovely wooden stand that keeps the carving raised and in this way takes the attention away from the curve.  

   If you feel reckless, try rolling a moist towel around the carving and keep it this way in a plastic bag for a few hours. Remove from the plastic bag and place the carving on a humid surface and apply light weight to both ends in an attempt to coax it straighter. It will never become perfectly straight, so why risk breaking it? I return to the first suggestion I made.  JL

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   philip | Jan 27, 2007 06:19am | #3

   Dude, I second what JeanLou has said. The thing about ivory is that it behaves just like wood: it reacts to changes in prevailing humidity levels. In fact it is quite unstable-I speak of Elephant ivory.
   Er, if it is "mammoth or mastadon" I too hope they were quite dead at the time...extinct in fact.

   Philip Marcou
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   dude | Jan 27, 2007 10:52am | #4

   thanks jl and others the  carving is from india i was told  obviously a smaller mastadon judging the carving size lol