Sujet
Siberian mammoth tusks on the ivory floor at the London Docks, 1873. Creator: Unknown.
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Siberian mammoth tusks on the ivory floor at the London Docks, 1873. '"Immense numbers of teeth and tusks of the mammoth," says Jukes's "Manual of Geology," "are found in Siberia, and complete beds of them in Escholtz Bay, on the north coast of America...Its tusks are largely exported from Siberia to be used as ivory, and some found in England have been thus used. They were longer and more incurved than those of either of the existing elephants, some of the tusks measuring ten feet in length...A quantity of Siberian mammoth tusks, imported by the ship Durham, from Revel, in the Baltic, has been on view during the last fortnight, upon the floor of the ivory storehouse at the London Docks; and we have thought this curiosity worthy of a sketch, and of the Illustration here engraved. The largest tusk weighs 201lb., its length being 10ft. 6in.; but it has evidently been longer. The diameter of the tusks at their base is 6 in. to 8 in. on the average. Their ivory is not equal in quality to that of the elephant, and some of it is much decayed by time. The best tusks, however, should be worth £60 or £70 per cwt., and the whole lot is valued at £50,000 to £60,000. There was a sale of seventeen tons of it on Tuesday, by public auction'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A13_131
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29,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 31,5cm x 23,2cm / 3720 x 2738 (300dpi)