Question about Bugis hilts

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Hello Detlef,

Interesting thread.

never have seen it by for example Jawa Deman handles from ivory.

Where these Jawa deman hilts from marine ivory. or elephant ?

I think that marine ivory often is indeed a tooth from a whale.
And indeed to make a bugis keris hilt out of such a tooth, I can imagine you need to play with the form and material that you have available.

Can we call Hippo marine ivory ??

No, Hippo is Hippo, they don't go out to sea