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Aachen,
tusk in Cathedral of, 402 /Elian, on elephants taught to write, 151
"Age of mammals," duration of, 331 Ageltruda, ivory diptych given by,
42 Akeley, Carl, vii
Al Beruni, of walrus ivory, 302, 303 Albert, King of the Belgians, 94 Alexander the Great, 171
Indian elephants captured by, 145
elephants represented on funeral car of, 146
quaint elephant figures to illustrate romance of, 153
of
war elephants, 193 Alexander, E. M., tusks owned by, 428 Alfred the
Great hears of walrus ivory, 303 Alkamenes, 25 Allan, J., ix Alliott,
Hector, ix Amber figure of elephant, 181 Ambraser Collection, Vienna,
59 American ivory carvings, 84, 85, 90, 95, 96,
320, 321, 482 American Museum of Natural History, 366, 373, 376, 391, 413
expedition sent by, to Alaska, 354, 356, 391 Amulets of ivory and bone, 11, 14, 84
horns as amulets, 311
teeth as amulets, 312
boars' tusks as amulets, 313
tooth amulet of Kiriwini islanders, 316
hoof amulets, 318
elk teeth as amulets, 318
bears' teeth as amulets, 319
tip of elephant tusk as, 409, 410 Analyses of ivory, 226, 227 Antiochus XII, coins of, with torch-bearing
elephants, 177 Aphrodite, statue of, in Sikyon, 25 Aprimont, Haute-Saône, ivories found in
tumuli of, 28 Areobundus, consular diptych of, 31 Aristotle, on war elephants, 145
on elephant hunting, 193 Arnold, Sir Edwin, 170
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Arrian, on war elephants, 145, 146 Artemis Orthia, ivories found in temple of,
at Sparta, 17, 19 Ashby, George E., viii Ashwell, Thomas W., viii Asklepios, ivory and gold statues of, at Epidauros, 24, 26, 29
at Sikyon, 25 Assamese ivory carving, 111, 117 Assyro-Babylonian ivory carvings, 11, 13 Athene, statue of, in Elis, 26
in Pellene, 26
at Alalkomene, 26
at Tegea, 26 Athene of Megara, statue of, 25 Athene Parthenos, statue of, in Parthenon,
25,
26, 27, 29, 256 Aubert, Jean, medieval ivory carver, 58 Augustin, Jean
Baptiste, 85 Augustus, Elector of Saxony, 65 Aurelian, secured fine
tusks after defeating
Firmus, 402 Aurengzeb, Shah, life endangered in elephant combat, 158
war elephants owned by, 159 Avril, Philippe, on fossil ivory, 237, 238
Baer, J. W., viii, 85
Bailey, Hakaliah, first to show elephant in
America, 155, 156 Bakelite, ivory substitute for billiard balls,
249 Baker, Henry D., x Baker, Sir Samuel, first to use small-bore
rifle
in elephant hunting, 206 Bangles of ivory, 101, 438 Banks, James Edgar,
13 Barbour, Erwin H., ix, xi Bardweli, John, 424 Barnes, James, vii
tusks secured by, 418 Barney, Arthur L., viii Barnum, Phineas T., mounted and exhibited
"Bet," first elephant brought to
America, 156
bought and exhibited "Jumbo," 188
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