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Ivory has been valued since ancient times in art or manufacturing for making a range of items from ivory carvings to false teeth, piano keys, fans, dominoes^[2] and joint tubes.^[3] Elephant ivory is the most important source, but ivory from mammoth, walrus, hippopotamus, sperm whale, killer whale, narwhal and warthog are used as well.^[4][5] Elk also have two ivory teeth, which are believed to be the remnants of tusks from their ancestors.^[6]

The national and international trade in ivory of threatened species such as African and Asian elephants is illegal.^[7] The word ivory ultimately derives from the ancient Egyptian âb, âbu (“elephant”), through the Latin ebor- or ebur.