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Ivory

Scope note

Use to describe a modified form of dentin found on the tusks of mature elephants, also used generally as the material from any tusked or large-toothed mammal such as a walrus or narwhal.

This term has 1,488 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300011857

Broader Terms used

dentin

Narrower Terms used

walrus ivory

Created

12yrs ago

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