Ø A NARWHAL TUSK (MONODON MONOCEROS), PRE-1957
with emergent corkscrew taper -- 81½in. (207cm.) long; 5kg; Cites No. 361135; together with State appointment certificates and letters from 1957-1962 to Jørgen Leo Andersen (an Engineering Inspector for Greenland), signed by King Frederik IX and Princess (now Queen) Margrethe
(a lot)

Condition Report
2in. sliver missing by tip, but tusk remains full length (see additional images); otherwise in good over condition - two or three typical shrinkage cracks along grain, no chips to root.

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