mammoth tusk
Ancient elephant tooth
A mammoth tusk is one of the long, curved ivory teeth that extended from the mouths of mammoths—extinct relatives of elephants.
Preserved tusks are found in permafrost regions, particularly Siberia, and are valued for ivory carving since trade in elephant ivory is restricted.
They discovered a mammoth tusk eroding from the riverbank.
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- ivory tradeCommerce in elephant tusks
- black marketIllicit trading system
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- woollyCovered in soft fibers
elephant · fossil · fossil record · Ice Age · permafrost · Siberia · curved · massive · ancient · excavation · extinct · carved · scrimshaw · hunter · frozen · frozen in time · tundra · museum
- ancient materialsflint, bone, stone, wood, antler
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- hidden treasuresgold nugget, treasure chest, buried treasure, diamond, ancient artifact
- animal remainsbones, bone, skeleton, carcass, carrion
- prehistoric mammalsmastodon, saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, giant sloth, woolly rhino
- Stone Age toolshandaxe, stone axe, stone knife, chopper, arrowhead