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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 289594, member: 2844"]Dugong tusks usually have a slight peach coloured tinge, but can be lighter. It can be difficult to distinguish between the different types of ivory, you need to look at colour, cross section, etc.</p><p>This is classic dugong ivory, back of an 18th century keris hilt from Madura, Indonesia:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]93557[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 289594, member: 2844"]Dugong tusks usually have a slight peach coloured tinge, but can be lighter. It can be difficult to distinguish between the different types of ivory, you need to look at colour, cross section, etc. This is classic dugong ivory, back of an 18th century keris hilt from Madura, Indonesia: [ATTACH=full]93557[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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