Carvings: Hippopotamus tooth

The hippopotamus tooth is cheap, widely available and its trade is not banned. While it lacks the subtlety of ivory, it makes up for it with its lustre. The lack of a grain on it too means that figures look beautiful in this medium.
  
         
           
 
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