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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ivory comes from a lot of things, but i doubt this came from an extinct animal one that went extinct durong the fucking bronze age.

Also the ivory probably came from like a narwhal or whale or something.

[–] LurkyTheHatMan@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the page where the artist mentions the mammoth Ivory: https://web.archive.org/web/20081113092306/http://www.elfic.fr/scrimpages/alchimie/albedo.htm

Here's a page where you can buy some mammoth ivory: https://arcticantiques.com/

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck guess it was made of mammoth ivory, guess i just assumed most of it had rotted away by now. Which still shows my retardation since im very well aware there are ivory artifacts found in europe dated in the tens of theousands of years.

[–] LurkyTheHatMan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Don't sweat it. Until those post I had never considered the possibility of mammoth ivory being a thing. In my head, ivory is very much a modern thing, that comes only from elephants, even though I know better

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mammoth ivory is actually quite easy to find online.

There is a lot of mammoth ivory found in Siberia. Especially in the area where the permafrost is melting locals people are finding a lot of mammoth remains apparently.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some people even tried mammoth steak.

(it was horrible, get your steaks fresh)