Ivory: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Western Australia Museum - Ivory, Bone and Related Materials. | Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Australia Museum - Ivory, Bone and Related Materials. | Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CITES - Indentification Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitute (PDF). | Jan 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Fund for Animal Welfare - What is ivory? | Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Blood-Stained Ivory: The Dark History of the Trade in Elephant Tusks. | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Species identification of ivory and bone museum objects using minimally invasive proteomics. | Jun 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Ivory: Significance and Protection. | May 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wildlife Fund - What is ivory and why does it belong on elephants? | May 23, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 29, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - The History of the Ivory Trade. | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Ivory in World History: Early Modern Trade in Context. | Mar 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Quatr.us - What is Ivory? | Mar 09, 2016 | ||
| Added image of a side-blown ivory trumpet from Liberia. | Dec 14, 2011 | ||
| Updated to mention the impact of ivory poaching on the African elephant population. | Dec 14, 2011 | ||
| Added two images, one of a 13th-century ivory diptych illustrating the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment, the other of a 14th-century ivory comb depicting lovers in a garden. | Oct 06, 2010 | ||
| Image added of ivory necklace from the Lega culture, Congo region, Africa, 1901β30. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - Ivory. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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