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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 617187, member: 5006"]I don’t see evidence of resin (popped bubbles, little balls in crevices), a bone would have to be very thick to get enough material for the carved ball part, and I can’t see the blood vessel punct or lines.</p><p>The lines can be like that on an aged piece of ivory, and Shregger lines or cross hatch pattern isn’t always showing, depending of the part of the tusk carved... To me it is carved, not molded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 617187, member: 5006"]I don’t see evidence of resin (popped bubbles, little balls in crevices), a bone would have to be very thick to get enough material for the carved ball part, and I can’t see the blood vessel punct or lines. The lines can be like that on an aged piece of ivory, and Shregger lines or cross hatch pattern isn’t always showing, depending of the part of the tusk carved... To me it is carved, not molded.[/QUOTE]
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