Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.
I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china, of course, contains bones, though we are inclined to forget that.
Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task.
You have to fight against being an antique.
I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.
Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.
My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.
But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.
I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me.
You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.
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