if you're suggesting schreger lines .......... well , I guess there is this.........
...to them. As I look more carefully at this piece, I'm seeing Schreger lines (look to the left of her face), and, I am sad to say, they look...
Can only ask if the collection was hidden away after the 18th century, so never added to after that, but being inherited insinuates that it was in...
...to the museum where they looked at the bone and said that the Schreger lines indicate that it is a mammoth. And the region where it was found...
I am not so much doubting mammoth ivory (although it can take rather precise measurements), as asking @ParisLS how he learned that information...
I think I see the sharp angles of mammoth schreger cross-hatching at the bottom of the bowl in this photo: [ATTACH]
hmmmmm feels to hard to be bone (also was carried around by an ignoramus in his pocket all day with bouncing change so its got good odds for that...
Bone doesn't always have black spots or lines, so maybe it is bone. Just to be sure, can you see any lines or Schreger cross-hatching?
...enough time searching. Pics of bangle don't give much view of the Schreger lines, but from what I could see, thought mammoth was possible....
...ivories can be distinguished by the intersecting angles of the schreger lines. "Elephant Schreger lines cross at an angle greater than 115°....
Schreger lines. It's ivory. Very nice item but can't be sold as such in the US
No Schreger lines and no pinprick spots that would indicate bone. I'm 75 and seen a lot of real ivory in my days as an antique store owner and I...
...and do not show characteristic signs of age. I cannot see any Schreger lines, which are a distinctive and diagnostic feature of elephant ivory....
Am I right in thinking I can’t sell ivory jewellery? Especially if it’s only from the 70’s?
I can see cross-hatched Schreger lines on the bracelet, which means it is ivory. It is from India, as is the necklace. The necklace is probably...
Thanks. I also think so. But it’s such a solid big piece? I could only imagine that it must have cost a small fortune originally (particularly if...
Not absolutely positive, but on that knee.....LOOKS like Schreger lines to me..... [ATTACH]
Same. Honestly my gut says resin. It seems every time i see these overly darkened pieces, they're painted resin.
I don't see Schreger lines on ivory or the dots you see on bone. So hard to tell by photos.
...on these totem poles. I’m almost positive they are carved from bone, they have pits all over and no Schreger lines. You guys are truly appreciated.
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