Ivory - page 3

What do people make with ivory?
Historically, it was used to produce ornaments, figurines, and small carvings, as well as items like jewelry, piano keys, and chess sets. Traditional ...
What products can be made out of ivory?
Examples of modern carved ivory objects are okimono, netsukes, jewelry, flatware handles, furniture inlays, and piano keys. Additionally, warthog tusk...
What types of houses do they use in ivory coast?
Most families live in traditional houses made of mud walls and thatched roofs or poorly constructed brick houses. Overcrowding exists in most of these...
Why did CITES allow a one-day sale of stockpiled ivory?
How did CITES affect the trade in elephant ivory?Did CITES ban ivory trade?When did CITES ban ivory trade?What introduced a ban on the sale of ivory ...
What animals have ivory?
Which animals have ivory? Elephants are most known for their ivory, but other animals like the walrus, hippopotamus, narwhal, sperm whale and warthog ...
What is the Artwork carved into ivory tusks called?
Chryselephantine sculptures are figures made of a mixture of ivory, usually for the flesh parts, and other materials, usually gilded, for the clothed ...
How was ivory discovered?
When was ivory first discovered?Where did ivory first come from?How did the ivory trade start?Where does ivory come from besides elephants?Are human ...
What is the heaviest ivory tusk ever recorded?
The longest tusk ever recorded was the length of a small car (3.5m). The heaviest tusk ever recorded weighed more than a well-built front-row rugby pl...
What kind of animals live in the ivory coast?
The Ivory Coast is one of the most diverse places in the world when it comes to wildlife. Among the mammals that live in its wildlife reserves and par...