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The elephant is a much-admired animal, but it is also endangered.
The ivory from its tusks has been in great demand across the
centuries and throughout all cultures. What sort of material is it?
How has it been used in the past and the present? And what can we
do today to protect the world's largest mammals from poachers? This
lavishly illustrated volume embarks on a journey through cultural
history and takes up a contemporary position. Ivory fascinates. As
long as 40,000 years ago people carved mammoth tusks into artful
figures and musical instruments, and it remains popular as a
material to this day. Ivory polarises, because the animal's tusks
also stand for injustice and violence. The exploitation of man and
nature, the threatened extinction of the elephant, poaching and
organised crime are phenomena which we associate with ivory. The
publication approaches the subject critically and poses the
question as to our responsibility in our dealings with both animal
and material.
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