I found the Mastadon comment interesting. Are we talking the big hairy extinct ones? If so, COOL.
Hunter
I bought my wife a bracelet in Homer Ak., on one of my trips, made from silver and Mastodon tusk veneer. It is a chain of about 1/2" square silver "plates" covered by the fossilized ivory. It is legal to own and transport since it is considered fossilized and no longer ivory. Somehow the fossilized ivory differs visually from non-fossilized ivory. I know that since I got challenged at the Canadian Boarder at Beaver Creek. There was one agent there who knew the difference and I was allowed to go--with it still in my possession. They were so focused on the bracelet they never found the safely stowed ivory (Walrus Tusk) scrimshaw that I did not declare.
I believe, but could be wrong, that only first nation people can legally collect Mastodon tusks.
To answer your question Hunter, yes, Mastodons---not the Big Wooly Monmouth which is a distinctly different species.
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 07-25-2021 at 11:24 AM.
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