The Victoria & Albert Museum, also known as the V&A, recently raised the $2.6 million (£2 million) needed to acquire and save a 12th-century walrus ivory carving after a temporary export ban last ...

This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. IN JANUARY 2012 A HUNDRED RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK CHARGED OUT OF CHAD INTO CAMEROON’S BOUBA NDJIDAH NATIONAL PARK ...

I found a body in the road but further on I found a workshop and an old looking man working on beautiful ivory carvings. I swapped cigarettes for a small piece shown here. It is a little container ...

The ivory pagoda is part of a large ivory carving called Birthday Congratulations from the Celestial. The miniature pagoda, hills, pavilions and other buildings, all carved from ivory, form a ...