A pair of double curved mammoth tusks

Living with Dinosaurs "The most terrible types of animal life that have ever cursed the earth or blessed a museum" Written 100 years ago, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's The Lost World, played to an audience fascinated by newly discovered fossils, and brought them to life on a South American plateau. A century later we are still in awe of the Mammoths and Tryannosaurs of bygone eras; we might not be able to bring back a live specimen like Professor Challenger did, but we can add these stunning fossils to our collections. Prized for their sculptural qualities and iridescent colours, they make fabulous installations in any interior setting.

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A pair of double curved mammoth tusks
from the Devensian (110,000 to 10,000 ya) the tusks from the same specimen of a sub-adult Mammuthus primigenius, 55 inches from tip to root, polished and coated with resin, mounted on bronze stands.
46in. (120cm.) long on stands (2)

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Lot Essay

The most well known of the mammoth species, the woolly mammoth was similar in size to the African elephant, but is particularly well known for their incredibly long tusks, which could reach up to 16ft (5m) long. It is thought that their tusks were used to clear the snow to reach the vegetation beneath.

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