Ivory

Inhoud

Section 1: What and Where? -- 1.1.Conservation -- 1.2. Mammoths and Mastodons -- 1.3. Elephants -- 1.4. Walrus -- 1.5. Hippopotamus -- 1.6. Narwhal -- 1.7. Sperm Whale -- 1.8. Orca -- 1.9. The Pig Families -- 1.10. Other Teeth -- Section 2: How and What? -- 2.1. What is Ivory? -- 2.2. Ivory Substitutes, Fakes and Simulants -- 2.3. Testing Ivory -- Simple Testing Methods -- 2.4. Testing Ivory -- Advanced Testing Methods -- 2.5. Determining the Age and Origins of Ivory Carvings -- 2.6. Care and Damage -- 2.7. Working Ivory -- 2.8. A Few Worked Items -- Section 3: Where and When? -- 3.1. Raw Ivory Trade Routes -- 3.2. Prehistoric Times -- 3.3. Palaeo-Eskimos, Inuit and Norsemen -- 3.4. Europe -- 3.5. Egypt and the Middle East -- 3.6. Africa -- 3.7. India and Sri Lanka -- 3.8. China -- 3.9. Japan -- 3.10. Australasia and South-East Asia -- 3.11. The Americas and the Caribbean -- 3.12. The Himalayan Countries -- Appendices -- I. Main Identifying Features of the Different Ivories -- II. Dichotomous Key of Different Ivories and Imitations.