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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 289631, member: 55"]I've never seen a walrus tusk with that much curvature; and walrus has an oatmeal-looking core that I don't see here. I'd think whether croc or gavial/gharial it would be unlikely to be walrus. And the snout looks pretty wide for a gavial/gharial.</p><p>Carved ivory crocs are fairly common; I've got one myself. Most are South or East African and carved from warthog tusk; (compare <a href="http://carterscollectablesuk.co.uk/African-Warthog-tusk-crocodile-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://carterscollectablesuk.co.uk/African-Warthog-tusk-crocodile-2" rel="nofollow">http://carterscollectablesuk.co.uk/African-Warthog-tusk-crocodile-2</a></p><p>or <a href="https://www.chairish.com/product/119173/crocodile-carved-warthog-tusks-a-pair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chairish.com/product/119173/crocodile-carved-warthog-tusks-a-pair" rel="nofollow">https://www.chairish.com/product/119173/crocodile-carved-warthog-tusks-a-pair</a>)</p><p>Some purport to be elephant or hippo.</p><p><br /></p><p>( See some others at <a href="https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=40A9B4FA34F84755934AA7C063DB0D33" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=40A9B4FA34F84755934AA7C063DB0D33" rel="nofollow">https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crocodile carved tusk&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=crocodile carved tusk&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=40A9B4FA34F84755934AA7C063DB0D33</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 289631, member: 55"]I've never seen a walrus tusk with that much curvature; and walrus has an oatmeal-looking core that I don't see here. I'd think whether croc or gavial/gharial it would be unlikely to be walrus. And the snout looks pretty wide for a gavial/gharial. Carved ivory crocs are fairly common; I've got one myself. Most are South or East African and carved from warthog tusk; (compare [URL]http://carterscollectablesuk.co.uk/African-Warthog-tusk-crocodile-2[/URL] or [URL]https://www.chairish.com/product/119173/crocodile-carved-warthog-tusks-a-pair[/URL]) Some purport to be elephant or hippo. ( See some others at [URL='https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=crocodile%20carved%20tusk&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=40A9B4FA34F84755934AA7C063DB0D33']https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crocodile carved tusk&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=crocodile carved tusk&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=40A9B4FA34F84755934AA7C063DB0D33[/URL])[/QUOTE]
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