The elements that fit on the current stack chunk are pushed there.

But the leading theory is that he stumbled upon the tusk of a woolly mammoth, perhaps smoothed down from the years underwater until it could pass as the chunk of an ivory shoulder bone.

All forms of genuine ivory have a natural pattern reminiscent of the inside of a cut piece of wood.

All different types of genuine ivory have a natural pattern similar to the pattern on a piece of cut wood.

A second piece of fabric (19) is placed on the reverse side of the first fabric (1) to cover the aperture (15).

The need for a large enough piece of material to make such a comb required in most cases that it be made from cetacean bones (whales) or walrus ivory or even imported elephant.

Everything comes into place everyday, piece by piece.

I’ll work through it slowly, little bit by little bit….

How do you eat an elephant? – one bite at a time.

And then, bit by bit, she rebuilds her shattered life.

How do you eat an elephant? – One bite at a time.

This is how he wrote The Gulag Archipelago, bit by bit.

Worked ivory and articles of ivory

Worked ivory and articles of ivory

Worked ivory and articles of ivory

Worked ivory and articles of ivory

Worked ivory and articles of ivory