Probably the first encyclopedic treatment of all known uses of ivory, this book lists and describes over 300 ivory products -- everything from flutes to fly whisks, from wine cups to walking sticks. Sixty-eight photographs, including 16 in color, illustrate many of the items, making this a complete and invaluable reference work for collectors, dealers and all those fascinated by the wealth of ivory's applications. In addition to this exhaustive catalog of ivory objects, readers are offered a detailed survey of the development of ivory art and craft from prehistory to the present day. Other sections discuss the sources of ivory (elephant, walrus, hippo, boar, narwhal and sperm whale); possible ivory substitutes (bone, horn, hornbill, vegetable and artificial ivory); cutting, cleaning, and carving; dating and fake aging; and the various methods -- simple and sophisticated -- of testing for true ivory. An appendix provides an extensive list of museum collections of ivory worldwide, and a fully cross-referenced index makes it possible for readers to rapidly locate any object of interest, without regard to its particular classification in this book. About 300 items illustrated (16 plates in color and 52 plates in black-and-white monochrome). Out of print, but we generally have several copies available for $65 (or less, depending on condition).