Woolly Mammoth Bone Fragments

Woolly Mammoth Bone Fragments

These are Woolly Mammoth bone fragments, an interesting object which may particularly appeal to children.

I personally think this would make a decent teaching piece, alongside a more complete piece of Mammoth bone.

Our current stock comes from the North Sea off Holland. They are pieces from Mammathus primigenius, from the Pleistocene - between 10000 and 100000 years old. They are best described as "stable, but fragile" - they are better for display than for being handled. They often have a 'face' of cortical (hard/compact) bone and plenty of visible trabecular (spongy) bone visible.

The pictures you see here are representative of the products and are usually not the exact item you will receive. Where various grades are available we do try to photograph each grade - but some photographs are still on their way!

Image credits:

Mammoth skeleton in the The Woolly Mammoth and Native American Gallery, courtesy of Nattnewl via Wikimedia Commons.
Mammoth reconstruction courtesy of Royal British Columbia Museum/Geoff Peters, via Wikimedia Commons.