Easier to get than elephant and walrus ivory. Would this be considered dog ivory? link Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
And wouldn't you know it that it is a womans purse that they were used for. I guess that shows women have always wanted to be able to be adorned with stuff that they think somehow makes them nicer, to each their own. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Dog teeth were used as currency in Papua New Guinea as recently as 1960. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Denomination: Dog Canine Teeth Mint Authority: Undefined Mint: Undefined Year of Issue: 1800 A.D. - 1960 A.D. Weight (g): 1.2 Diameter (mm): 3.5 Material: Others Owner: Sunflower Foundation To draw an analogy to our system of values, boar tusks are in Papua New Guinea the gold coins and and dogs’ teeth are the silver coins. In fact, only the canine teeth functioned as money. While boars’ tusks are still bartered today, dogs’ teeth lost their status as currency around 1960. Until then, dogs’ teeth could be used to pay the bride-price in some regions of Papua New Guinea. In 1876, in fact, we have records of two bride prices settled in dogs’ teeth –– one for a hundred and one for two hundred teeth. The difference could stem from the fact that the price could be paid with various objects, not only dogs’ teeth. http://www.moneymuseum.com/moneymuseum/coins/periods/coin.jsp?i=7&aid=9&gid=31&cid=155&pi=0&ps=10
By nature of their composition, I would say yes, yet by reason of their size, they do not have the many applications of ivory from larger species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory
Was the grave of a woman? They don't actually say, as far as I can tell. Later they note the use in necklaces for men.
With today's increased awareness of animal rights, such might be a hard sell and sourcing the teeth could prove problematical also, I am thinking. As for uses such as jewelry, I have even seen moose poop lacquered and made into jewelry in Northern B.C. in the 1980's. Apparently there are still several people making this item from natural, renewable resources. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://www.ebay.ca/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Real MOOSE POOP doo doo nugget NECKLACE jewelry WEIRD
Tusks are merely teeth growing in the wrong direction. Biochemically there is no difference. Nonetheless, I'd presume that only a biologist would refer to a tooth of any mammal as ivory. (Baleen, on the other hand, is comprised of more-flexible keratin, like fingernails.) As far as I can tell, there are no generic "ivory laws." Each endangered species has its own laws. Elephant ivory attracts the most attention and is protected by the most laws--in theory anyway. But the tusks of many other species such as rhinoceros are also sought after by practitioners of Stone Age "medicine" rituals in China and other not-quite-modern countries. Dogs are not endangered. Millions of them are euthanized every year in the West. In other countries where they run in feral packs they are allowed to die in a perpetual survival-of-the-fittest competition. So harvesting "dog ivory" does not require killing live dogs. I'd be flabbergasted if there are laws prohibiting the harvesting of dog teeth. The purpose of the ivory laws is to outlaw the killing of live animals to harvest their ivory. But in the West there are so many cadavers of euthanized dogs awaiting disposal that veterinarians and municipal pounds might pay people to take them away and harvest any tissue they want. Whereas in the rest of the world cadavers lie around drawing flies and being eaten by the survivors; anybody who wants to take one away would surely be welcomed. I can't imagine anyone who wants a dog tooth for his craft project bothering to sneak around and kill live dogs when dead ones are so abundant.
You haven't been to Detroit then, Frag. Some folks around here would consider that entertainment. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Around here, dogs get stolen almost as often as cars. They let camels and people rot by the roadside in some of those places too. The buzzards gotta eat too, you know?
No, I haven't. And you're by no means the first person to tell me something about that city to make it 100% certain that I never will!
It does leave a bit to be desired in several areas, I must admit. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Not so much. Dogs aren't endangered; it's perfectly legal to raise and kill them. It's no different from meat or any other commercial commodity made from animals. The issue is only with endangered animals. The moose poop is oddly beautiful.
