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254 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT
derful specimens of clear, unbroken ivory. Jewel boxes are also to be seen measuring 7 in. across, cut from the hollow end of the tusk, this representing a little less than the diameter of the tusk used, as the requisite shaping and polishing have necessarily removed a little of the original material. Many of the toilet boxes have widths of from 4 in. to 6 in. Frequently the ends of so-called "scrivello" tusks (those weighing less than from 6 to 10 pounds) are flattened out at the broader end so as to form paper cutters, and are found to be very effective for this purpose.
Principal uses to which ivory was put, average for years 1889-93, weight in kilograms:*
Official returns for 1905 make the value of the "ivory and keys, including keyboards " manufactured for pianos during the year amount to $2,048,795, representing about 18 per cent, of the cost of the materials used in making pianos. The principal seats of the piano-key-making industry are at Ivoryton, Conn., Tonawanda, N. Y., and Cambridge, Mass., in the order named. For organs the item "ivory and keys, including stops, knobs, tremolos," etc., totalled
*"La Belgique Coloniale," Vol. I, p. 93, 1895-6.
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