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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9516955, member: 8267"]Another possibility is a walrus cheek tooth (not tusk). Compare this cross section of one - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]451604[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Longitudinal-sections-of-the-upper-teeth-of-walruses-a-a-I-3-tooth-of-a-walrus-at-the_fig1_294356572" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Longitudinal-sections-of-the-upper-teeth-of-walruses-a-a-I-3-tooth-of-a-walrus-at-the_fig1_294356572" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Longitudinal-sections-of-the-upper-teeth-of-walruses-a-a-I-3-tooth-of-a-walrus-at-the_fig1_294356572</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And these examples of carved cheek teeth -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451608[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://cites.org/sites/default/files/ID_Manuals/Identification_Guide_for_Ivory_and_Ivory_Substitutes_ENGLISH.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cites.org/sites/default/files/ID_Manuals/Identification_Guide_for_Ivory_and_Ivory_Substitutes_ENGLISH.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://cites.org/sites/default/files/ID_Manuals/Identification_Guide_for_Ivory_and_Ivory_Substitutes_ENGLISH.pdf</a> (page 32)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9516955, member: 8267"]Another possibility is a walrus cheek tooth (not tusk). Compare this cross section of one - [ATTACH=full]451604[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Longitudinal-sections-of-the-upper-teeth-of-walruses-a-a-I-3-tooth-of-a-walrus-at-the_fig1_294356572[/URL] And these examples of carved cheek teeth - [ATTACH=full]451608[/ATTACH] [URL]https://cites.org/sites/default/files/ID_Manuals/Identification_Guide_for_Ivory_and_Ivory_Substitutes_ENGLISH.pdf[/URL] (page 32)[/QUOTE]
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