CNN

Cultural history or cruel complicity? Why ivory antiques are controversial

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered. The exhibit is easy to spot among the numerous display cases in the museum’s ...
Reuters

Push to save African elephants stirs U.S. clash over antique ivory trade

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The ornate ivory statues and carvings sold in Scott Defrin's New York gallery date from the 17th and 18th centuries, but the antique dealer's business is being upended ...
CNN

Cultural history or cruel complicity? Why ivory antiques are controversial

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered. The exhibit is easy to spot among the numerous display cases in the museum’s ...