Ivory has been utilized since antiquated occasions for craftsmanship and assembling. Different creatures like elephants, narwhals, hippopotamus, and walrus, all have ivory teeth and tusks. Ivory was prevalently used to make blade handles, billiard balls, and for ornamentation on bagpipes.
Elephant Ivory was customarily utilized for bagpipe mounts, ferrules, and ring covers for many years. The appearance of ivory stood out pleasantly from the african blackwood pipes. Be that as it may, from 1979-1989, the number of inhabitants in African elephants declined from 1.3 million to 600,000. Upwards of 36,000 elephants are poached every year only for their ivory. Asian elephant numbers are a small part of what they used to be and are near termination in a few regions. In 1989, the CITES deal made it illicit to purchase, sell or exchange Asian elephant ivory after 1976 and African elephant ivory after 1989. Anything over 100 years of age that has not been revamped is thought of “collectible”.
Some bagpipe producers, like MacLellan Bagpipes, actually approach pre-CITES elephant ivory. For the people who don’t, there are different choices accessible to get the vibe of ivory on their bagpipes. Mammoth ivory is basically the same as elephant ivory aside from that it is marginally hazier in shading. It actually has the Schreger lines of elephant ivory. Huge amounts of mammoths have been found frozen in the ice in Russia, Siberia and Alaska. Since they have been wiped out for more than 10,000 years, they are not an imperiled species like the elephants, so it is totally legitimate to import and fare. Mammoth ivory is still somewhat uncommon and in this way exorbitant. Kron and Gellaitry Bagpipes have mammoth ivory choices accessible on a portion of their lines.
Another option is Imitation ivory. It tends to be made from numerous items like cellulose nitrate or casein. It is utilized by McCallum, Wallace and Naill Bagpipes among others. A few organizations, as Dunbar, can etch their uncommonly made delrin impersonation ivory. Vegetable ivory, produced using the Tagua or “Phytelphas” palm tree, is another other option, however not as normal. Phytelphas, which in a real sense signifies “elephant plant”, creates enormous organic products that have ivory-like nuts.
In the event that you do have bagpipes with genuine ivory and plan to go with them, try to have legitimate documentation for bringing in and trading to and from every country that you are going to, including your starting point. You will probably require a CITES archive expressing the beginning and year of collect of the ivory.
