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Design for museum's walrus tusk sculpture revealed
The initial design for a new sculpture, inspired by an engraved walrus tusk, has been revealed as the centrepiece to a redeveloped museum. Entitled Abeona, the suspended artwork will span three ...
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Elephant and walrus tusk ivory smuggler sentenced
A man attempting to illegally export items made from elephant and walrus ivory has received a suspended prison sentence. Peter Maw, 65, of Duke Street, Cheltenham was charged in October 2019 ...
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Russia’s Federal Customs Service finds tusks of rare walrus in passenger’s luggage
MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Domodedovo customs officers have found the tusks of an endangered walrus species in a passenger’s luggage, Russia’s Federal Customs Service reported. According to it ...
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Tusk or Bone? An Example of Ivory Substitute in the Wildlife Trade
In recent years, analysts examined several purported ivory tusks suspected to be walrus, a protected marine mammal. After examination, the Lab determined their origin as carved leg bones of cattle ...