thanks for the link, michael.
reason i brought this up is because i was thinking perhaps the ivory was from a seacow, after reading a somewhat recent thread, due to its hue. but i guess the consensus is it's elephant. nothing wrong with that, now i know. kinda wonder tho; when the artisan carved this pommel, did he had it in his mind that it's gonna turn golden yellow? was this or the other prematurely aged then to get this hue? either way, me think it's pretty....
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