Live Auction 8893Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A DOUBLE-CURVED WOOOLY MAMMOTH TUSK
Lot 216

A DOUBLE-CURVED WOOOLY MAMMOTH TUSK

TAYMYR, RUSSIA

Closed11 June 2013

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GBP 6,875

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A DOUBLE-CURVED WOOOLY MAMMOTH TUSK
Taymyr, Russia
from the Devensian (110,000 to 10,000 ya) the tusk of a female or sub-adult Mammuthus primigenius, 56 inches from tip to root, polished and mounted on a fitted stand.
23in. (59cm.) high on stand

Specialist note

The most well known of the mammoth species, the woolly mammoth was similar in size to the African elephant, but is particularly famous for the incredibly size of its tusks, which could reach up to 16ft (5m) long. It is thought that their tusks were used to clear the snow to reach the vegetation beneath.