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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 49655, member: 56&quot;]<font size="5"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma">Vizagapatam seems to be the word to use (returns some very interesting Google images).&nbsp; The ivory might be laid over buffalo horn.&nbsp; My guess (really uninformed) is that this is a tourist piece.&nbsp; That&#039;s mostly based on the hinges, which do not seem to be very good quality.</font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Arial"><font face="Tahoma">I would guess the corner bits of ivory on the lid need to be turned sideways to agree with the corner banding on the box.</font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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