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Originally Posted by Battara

There is another possibility that occurs to me years later - could what I have be hippo ivory, because the grain structure is not elephant.

Can you show us some close-ups of the pommel. It could be hippo or possibly whale tooth. I was just remarking about your original statement as seacow because i don't believe dugong tusks have enough girth to be able to carve such a pommel from it. It certainly looks like some kind of ivory though. Close-ups might help answer your question.