elks tooth

[larson1951]

friend john found this drilled elks tooth this morning
it is kinda one of the largest we ever found

 

[unclemac]

peals of the plains.....nice

 

[catherine1]

Cool tooth find larson. You always have the best bone artifacts.

 

[larson1951]

thank you cat and thank you uncle

 

[quito]

Cool that they prized the Ivory teeth too. Nice find!

 

[rock]

Starting to split. What do you put on that to make it stop breaking? Tell your friend John he saved a good one.

 

[old digger]

Amazing Find! I'm sure that it was once cherished by someone who used it in their ornamentation.

 

[larson1951]

Starting to split. What do you put on that to make it stop breaking? Tell your friend John he saved a good one.

thanks rock
we are just gonna leave it alone
it has most likely been that way for hundreds of years

 

[unclemac]

Amazing Find! I'm sure that it was once cherished by someone who used it in their ornamentation.

...used like this on clothing....

 

[flintdigger]

Very nice find. Very interesting.

 

[old digger]

...used like this on clothing....

Maybe even something like this Crow dress.

 

[Tnmountains]

Wow! I wonder it it a certain tooth from the elk? I know my dad had an elks tooth in silver. Another nice find. Tell John Congratulations.

 

[old digger]

Wow! I wonder it it a certain tooth from the elk? I know my dad had an elks tooth in silver. Another nice find. Tell John Congratulations.

We call them Elk Ivories, and they are used in jewelry (rings, earrings, etc..) Each elk as one pair, which are considered canines.

 

[Neogeo]

Sweet!Congrats Larsons friend..lol

 

[quito]

Wow! I wonder it it a certain tooth from the elk? I know my dad had an elks tooth in silver. Another nice find. Tell John Congratulations.

The teeth come from the upper jaw as old diggers picture shows. They Are Ivory, and are the only Ivory found on an animal native to North America if I remember correctly. I take them from the Elk I've killed, and now have several pair.

 

[larson1951]

here are my elks teeth that i have found over the years
note that only 5 don't have the hole worn out
also on the second image the one on the left wore out and was re-drilled and then wore out again
musta taken decades for that to happen....or maybe even longer

 

[SCARFOOT]

Thats amazing!!! wapiti teeth.....you have found modern day jewels!!!