Mother Earth Traders-Elephant Ivory-Scrimshaw-Supplies

The great beauty of elephant ivory is due to the warm creamy color and its rich grain patterns. The grain changes with the lighting angle, the same phenomena exhibited in opal and tigers eye. Elephant ivory crosscut grain reveals an outer ring of bark surrounding the inner ivory which exhibits growth rings and a fascinating moire pattern. To these qualities add the fact that it is the choicest of carving materials and that it takes a natural shine . The natural beauty found in elephant ivory is quite simply enchanting. All of the elephant ivory we offer for sale was imported in the 1960's & 1970's or earlier and is purchased from estates.

We will cut ivory to any size you might need, we have both large and small ivory tusk for sale. We have ivory scrap suitable for knife handles, jewelry making, small carvings and inlay work. We have tusk hollows for making boxes, hair combs, bangles, and pieces of hollows or half hollows, and tusk tip ends in many sizes. We will cut slabs for pistol grips or knife handles and scrimshawing.

We comply with C.I.T.E.S., U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Arizona State Department of Game regulations and that all of our products are legal to own, buy, sell and ship within the United States.The wildlife products we offer for sale are obtained legally and in a manner not detrimental to the survival of the wildlife species. The source of these products are wildlife ranches, museums, old estate sales, legal sport and subsistance hunting, and government controlled culls which are necessary to maintain healthy balanced wildlife populations.