“Arctic Animals Montage” created by talented unknown carver on ancient mammoth tusk ivory, this one has six individual species. Amazing that someone could put all of this together and make it work to perfection. You’ve got two bears, one eagle, walrus, wolf, salmon and big horn sheep. Nice piece of mammoth with just the right amount of curved surface to make this one a keeper!
Color scrimshaw on ancient mammoth tusk ivory by Joel Cowan. Highly detailed work by the best ship portrait scrimshander working today. Sterling silver setting with fossil walrus inlay around the mammoth ivory. Incredible detail, as usual, by Cowan. Note the flag.
Handmade earrings with ancient mammoth ivory and fossilized walrus tusk; set with gold colored hooks.
Handmade earrings with ancient mammoth ivory and fossilized walrus tusk; set with gold colored hooks.
Ancient Woolly Mammoth IvoryWoolly mammoth tusk ivory is one of the ‘fossilized’ or ‘mineralized’ ivories that have been the foundation of my artwork for over 30 years. This ancient ivory has been buried in permafrost and preserved since the end of the last ice age when the mammoths went extinct. Though ancient, woolly mammoth ivory […]