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If an item is made of ivory, you will be able to see lines, or a grain. These lines are sometimes known as Schreger lines and occur when the tusks grow. These lines may appear V-shaped or look like cross hatching. Genuine ivory may also have the appearance of a wood grain or circular ring. If the item does not appear to have grain, check for tiny black dots or small dark colored holes. These marks are present in bone and are the channels through which living bone receives its nutrients. Check the color. Real ivory has slight variants in its color throughout the piece. Bone will have a consistent color throughout the piece unless it has been engineered to look like ivory through false coloring. In this case, the color variations will be more drastic. Bone will usually look very dry and rough. Ivory is smooth and has a glossy shine to it. If you're still not sure, take the piece to an antique dealer or jeweler. An expert will be able to tell very quickly whether the piece is ivory or bone.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agobroadly speaking, the end grains differ; ivory has crosshatch markings (so called 'lines of retzius'), bone has tubules when examined with a lens.
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What is elephant ivory ware is it ivory or bone or?
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
How can you tell if a carving is made of ivory?
Ivory used to be a very hot commodity, but has been made illegal due to the excessive poaching of elephants. To tell if an ivory carving is real, check for holes and pores, this is indicative of bone. Furthermore, wet a tiny area of the carving. If the color comes off, it is fake.
What is a bone and ivory turner?
considering the absence of ivory from the more noble Frankish grave.
Are baculum made of ivory?
No, it is made of bone.
Is ox bone and ivory the same?
Ivory is from tusk and I have found out that OX bone is mostly the bottom bone of the Turtle shell. Been doing a lot of checking and when they say craving from OX bone,it is suppose to be craving from Turtle shell.
What animals have ivory penis bone?
There IS no ivory penis. Ivory is a material that the tusks of elephants and walruses that is valuable on the black market (not that i would know).
Does a black bear have an ivory cock bone?
No. The only animals with ivory are elephants and walrus tusks.
What does scrimshaw mean exactly?
Scrimshaw is a fine art in which artistic etchings are done on ivory or bone. Normally whale ivory or whale bone is used as the medium on which the etching was done.
What is faux ivory?
Faux means it is fake or imitation, similar to fake pearls, but not the genuine thing. Regarding ivory, faux ivory is similar in appreance but carved from bone, but not elephant ivory.
Is ivory stronger than bone?
Yes, but it depends on how you look at it.
What was carving in wood bone or tusk called?
Sculpting in general. Carving bone and ivory is call scrimshaw.
How can you authenticate ivory?
One way is with a hot pin, this will tell you if it is plastic. A pin hot enough to burn pushed on a discrete place of an item in question when applied will soon tell you if it's plastic from the smell of the smoke. This will not differentiate it from bone. This can be done as ivory has a distinct very fine grain (as with woods). Bone however does not and often has small holes left where blood vessels were, whereas ivory has no blood vessels through it. It can still be difficult where niether of these distinctions are apparent and is difficult to demonstrate without pictorial examples to show.
