Dear James, Mammoth tusks are about and supposedly legally acquired from the permafrost of Siberia. I was recently offered such tusks but the expense was very high. The pictures though were amazing and I put one up on the web at http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/tusks.htm
They supposedly came from archeological digs but with the Russian economy I do wonder how legally. Maybe I'll be offered weapons grade plutonium next. Dick GmbH of Germany sells mammoth ivory machined into blanks for baroque violin bow frogs, it's fabulously expensive but at least there's no waste. The stuff looks so like ordinary ivory that there's plenty of room for doubt about whether it really came from Siberian permafrost. I just hope so. Best wishes, David At 12:37 AM -0500 26/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi Ed, > > How wonderful! Dan Larson has a tusk of what? Mammoth, elephant, walrus, >rhinocerous, or other; and where did he get it from? I'm sure he acquired it >legally somehow, but don't you want to know? It's odd to me that we can be so >concerned about the details of "historical correctness" regarding the lute >and its music, and yet have a cavalier attitude about a contemporary and >controversial issue that involves the lives of other (non-lute >playing) mammals >currently sharing the planet with us. I suppose this subject is >bordering on the >off-topic category, so I won't write about it again. > >Sincerely, > >James > >-- -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
