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Repairing and mounting a small mammoth tusk

This partial Woolly Mammoth tusk was in several pieces and was cracked and warping when it arrived at our conservation studio. We stabilised the specimen, glued the pieces back together and consolidated the material. We then mounted it with a polished plaque of oak and specially-shaped metal brackets lined with inert Plastazote foam:

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We are members of the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

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