Walrus Tusk

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Walrus Tusk

an upper canine tooth of a walrus. In males, the tusks are laterally compressed and may reach a length of 72 cm and a weight of 3 kg; in females, they are shorter and more rounded in section. The walrus uses the tusks to dig for food (primarily mollusks) from the sea bottom, to lift itself up onto ice floes, and to defend itself against enemies. Walrus tusks are used for carving small sculpture, beads, brooches, knives, and similar articles; the Chukchi, Eskimo, and other peoples of the north are particularly skillful in this art.

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No references found			Horn and Bone Handles More exotic materials usually only seen on art or ceremonial knives include: Cattle bone, mammoth tooth, mammoth ivory, walrus tusk, antler (often called stag in a knife context), sheep horn, buffalo horn. What You Need to Know About Hunting Knife Handles by Mike Lurk / Travel, recreation and leisure community I only use fossilized walrus tusk [for my scrimshaw], which is thousands of years old and dug up by Native Alaskans and sold. TRADITIONALLY UNTRADITIONAL by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Carved wooden pieces are the most common, although ivory, horn, bone and walrus tusks were all used. The right moves by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			wally walnut Walnut Canyon National Monument Walnut Creek Walnut Creek State Park Walnut Forest Walnut Point State Park Walnut Woods State Park Walpi Walpole Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horace, 4th earl of Orford Walpole, Robert Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford Walpole, Sir Hugh Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, Sir Spencer Walpurga, Saint Walpurgis Night Walpurgisnacht walpurgite Walras, Léon Walras, Leon Marie Esprit Walras, Léon Marie Esprit Walrus Walrus Tusk Walsall Walschap, Gerard Walser, Martin Walsh Walsh code Walsh County Walsh, Bill Walsh, Edward Walsh, James A. Walsh, Lawrence E. Walsh, Raoul Walsh, Thomas James Walsingham Walsingham, Sir Francis Walsingham, Thomas Walstan, St. Walt Disney Walt Whitman Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site Walt Whitman House State Historic Site Walt Whitman Rostow Waltari, Mika Waltari, Mika Toimi Walter Walter Arnold			Walpurgis Nacht Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night Walpurgisnacht Walpurgisnacht walpurgite Walpurgus Walpurgus WALR Walras Law Walras' law Walras's Law Walras, Léon Walras, Leon Marie Esprit Walras, Léon Marie Esprit Walrasian Market Walrasian Markets Walrasian model Walrasian model Walrii Walrii Walrii walrus walrus walrus walrus walrus moustache walrus moustaches walrus mustache walrus mustaches Walrus Tusk Walrus-sized handlebar mustache walruses walruses walruses Wals Wals WALSA WALSAA WALSAIP Walsall Walsall Walsall Walsall Borough Strategic Partnership Walsall Football Club Walsall Housing Group Walsall Junior Youth League Walsall Lifelong Learning Alliance Walsall Local History Centre Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall, England Walsall, England Walschap, Gerard Walser, Martin Walsh Walsh Walsh (disambiguation) Walsh (disambiguation) Walsh code Walsh Code Assignment Algorithm Walsh codes

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