The form on this piece is a little less than ideal, but the wood gave me some serious limits.
The ebony was recovered from an old and deteriorating elephant carving, the ivory tusks and toenails were mostly missing.
The ivory collar is a garage sale find, already carved, I just cut a tenon into it so that it would sit flush on the blank.
The foot was turned from a checker sized elephant ivory tusk slab.
diameter: 2 3/4 inches
Height: 2 1/4 inches
OOOO steel wool finish
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