Largest Known Matched Set of Mammoth Tusks

Mammuthus primigenius 

Pleistocene

Alaska

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This is the largest known matched set of woolly mammoth tusks ever discovered. Exceptional curve and coloration also distinguish this massive pair. Entombment for 40,000 – 60,000 years in the Alaskan permafrost produced the dramatic coloration of these incomparable specimens, which include the rarely seen blue coloration.

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Longest tusk length: 14 ft