Lot 30
LARGE WOOLLY MAMMOTH TUSK, MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS
SIBERIA, PLEISTOCENE C. 80,000 - 10,000 YEARS B.P.
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
a large and fine mammoth tusk, with a classical tapering outline and powerful curvature, polished
Dimensions
132cm long
Provenance
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired 2021 from the below
Arctic Antiques, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Private collection, Russia
Footnote
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), represents one of the most iconic Ice Age megafauna that once roamed Eurasia. It lived during the Pleistocene epoch and was highly adapted to cold steppe environments, with long shaggy hair, a thick layer of fat, and curved tusks for foraging through snow. These herds moved across vast, frozen grasslands alongside other cold-adapted species. The woolly mammoth ultimately went extinct around the end of the last Ice Age, likely due to a combination of climate change and human hunting.