Ref: 1028
6 hand carved ivory dentures, XIXth
made of hippopotamus ivory.
?The ivory of elephant, too absorbent, is degraded very quickly in contact with
saliva while putrefying. It is thus not usable in mouth. It is the ivory of hippopotamus
for its quality, its density and its possibilities of volumes available which
is employed the most with sometimes the ivory of Morse?. Source ASPAD
Stock : 6
Only to sell
Objets en lien :
Leather and Wooden Leg Prothesis
Right Forearm Prothesis, c. 1918
Articulated Hand Prothesis, Wood and Metal
Leg Prothesis Named Pilon