This resource aims to inform the public about ivoryÒ€the material, its cultural uses and its importanceÒ€as well as the risks facing elephants today and the efforts to help protect this Ò€¦ Ivory is the hard, smooth, substance, composed primarily of dentin, that constitutes the tusks, or upper incisors, of elephants (family elephantidae), including the extinct mammoths (genus mammuthus), as Ò€¦ A hard white substance that is a variety of dentin, ivory makes up the tusks of such animals as elephants, walruses, and preserved mammoths.

The hard yellowish-white substance that forms the tusks of some animals such as elephants, usedÒ€¦. Learn more. Ivory is a main product that is seen in abundance and was used for trading in harappan civilization. Finished ivory products that were seen in harappan sites include kohl sticks, pins, awls, hooks, Ò€¦