There was a bar in Salida, Colorado called Dooley's and they had a night for cribbage along with eats for happy hour. That was in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
I learned to play in late 60s while in Air Force, continued playing in 70s & 80s while working telecommunications, but haven't played for over 20 years now. I also played a lot of hearts during same time periods.
I'm not a 100% and my somewhat experience with ivory leads me to believe its ivory by the density and weight of it. Also the little killer whale is something you'd see in this type of souvenir. I guess my experience with the look and feel of real ivory is what I've already collected and go's back a few decades to my mother's piano and the chip I put on one of the ivory keys, which she was somewhat disappointed in me for that. I could do the hot needle test, but that would leave a chared mark on it if it is real ivory.
elephant tusk, by the cross-checking pattern on the end of the piece, pic 2, walrus tusk would be too narrow to make a board, only about 2-3" in width
I agree. Can you take a pic of a spot where you can see the lines cross-cross? The angle they cross would tell if it’s mammoth or elephant ivory. If it’s elephant, it might be illegal to sell now. Mammoth is still legal federally and in most states but not all.
If it is/was Inuit would mammoth not make more sense than elephant, or was elephant used that widely in the past?
Yep, I can see the lines now. Definitely mammoth.
Really. I guess walrus ivory made more sense to me. If it is prehistoric mammoth ivory that would add to these two other pieces of mammoth ivory I've found in thrift stores.
