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Originally Posted by adamb
This does not explain how a buyer is supposed to start this complicated process when the whitish material in question, which is not described in the eBay listing, might not even be ivory. And where to draw the line with this? Should buyers also insist that sellers (who barely know what they have their hands on in the first place) have all the wooden components of a Keris dress scientifically investigated on the off chance these elements are made from a species of Southeast Asian timber that is on the CITES list?
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Like I said before, ebay doesn't allow you to list any sort of ivory. I am pretty sure, from my experience, that the "white parts" of the keris in question are from hippo ivory. I can only provide what I know from my own experience and what AI provide, this I have posted.
Regarding tropical wood, I took yesterday a parcel from my local customs which coming from GB (I am located in Germany), the customer asked me about the used wood from one of the scabbards, I claimed that it's not a "forbidden" wood according to CITES, it was OK with him but I guessing that it don't will become more easy in future, it will be a challenge in future I guess. I don't make this rules!
