moro knife, please comment....

manteris1 · 14th April 2013, 01:58 AM

ok........jimmy

ariel · 14th April 2013, 06:55 AM

Could it be a rib bone? The 4th pic seems to show a longitudinal area looking like the remnant of the intercostal blood vessel/nerve path.
Any better pics?

Sajen · 14th April 2013, 10:34 AM

Hello Jimmy,

I am not sure, don't look really like ivory, more like well patinated bone, maybe whale bone.

Regards,

Detlef

ariel · 14th April 2013, 02:42 PM

It's morning and the lighting is better.... I seem to see multiple short parallel dark lines on the surface: if those are real and not artefacts of photography, dirt etc, they look like typical periosteal capillaries. Those are absent on the tusks.

CharlesS · 14th April 2013, 04:35 PM

I tend to agree; these pics seem to confirm the fact this it is bone, but once again, what's the big deal!...it's still a fine, gorgeous piece.

14th April 2013, 01:58 AM	#1
manteris1 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 114	the pic's ok........jimmy Attached Images

14th April 2013, 06:55 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Could it be a rib bone? The 4th pic seems to show a longitudinal area looking like the remnant of the intercostal blood vessel/nerve path. Any better pics?

14th April 2013, 10:34 AM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	Hello Jimmy, I am not sure, don't look really like ivory, more like well patinated bone, maybe whale bone. Regards, Detlef

14th April 2013, 02:42 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	It's morning and the lighting is better.... I seem to see multiple short parallel dark lines on the surface: if those are real and not artefacts of photography, dirt etc, they look like typical periosteal capillaries. Those are absent on the tusks.

14th April 2013, 04:35 PM	#5
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	I tend to agree; these pics seem to confirm the fact this it is bone, but once again, what's the big deal!...it's still a fine, gorgeous piece.