[Bonetools] references on working (walrus) ivory?

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Amy,
    I am sure that Sonia O'Connor will write to you but in the event that
she is struck by a fit of becoming modesty.I would seriously recommend just
about anything she has written on the subject. In additi you should contact
Owen Mapp in New Zealand (eriksenmapp at paradise.net.nz) since he has real,
hands-on experience with working scavanged ivory from sea mammals albeit
from his part of the Pacific. Of course, Arthur MacGregor (1985)  also
discusses ivory as a raw material in his book: Bone, antler, ivory & horn:
The technology of skeletal materials since the Roman period,(*Croom Helm
1985, rep 2003)* . I just checked and it is available from Oxbow books for
something like $25.

Cheers!
Alice



On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Margaris, Amy V. <amy.margaris at oberlin.edu
> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
> Can anyone suggest publications which deal with the production of ivory
> tools, especially those of walrus ivory? I am especially interested in
> studies which explore (1) how the material's distinct form and structure
> influenced a toolmakers' choice of manufacturing tools and techniques, and
> (2) how these tools and techniques may have differed from those used to
> work other types of osseous materials.  Time period and culture are totally
> open!
>
> Thanks for your ideas, and my apologies for cross-posting.
> Amy
>
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