Weber River Independent | 1920-10-08 | Page 2 | Demand for Hippo Teeth

DEMAND FOR HIPPO TEETH buyers flock to antwerp four times time a year to attend auction where they are sold alie T ie callif ahli f ivory hory fitial ket of the world la IR lit in line houri froni from nonh le four a year to attend nn all auction of tills this material most of it consists of the lie kulii of african elephants bill considerable f of hippopotamus tee teeth th also fig fleure tire lit in the the lotter at an auction a fi lw w aso ago brought prices n all I 1 I 1 t the lie wily front froni thirty five tents to 5 a pound accord ing to ty A century ugo ivory hory wits hinitch more than it il ia to lo fly because it MII tile hip preferred nin mil terail for 1111 milla teeth twing very ery si mal d lim haril 4 ceorge enli anglon had lidid a set of teeth but much better ones ar are of porcelain by the million at tbt recent auction above mentioned rh tinnis horns brought 13 ft p pound mind T they I 1 aey are ingeniously curved carved mostly Os aly for curios tile horn of ther ali hy by the way Is one of the t I 1 es of nature being composed coropo sud of closey completed hair