An adornment of penniform bracken plant design is on the ivory liner among cushion for leaning on, linen edge offerred a natural photograph draw a frame round for this design.
It's been used to make everything from jewelry to figurines, to piano keys, but it's also led to the decimation of some elephant species by poachers, people who illegally killed the animals for their ivory.
Ruffs were adopted by women by the early 1560s and by the 1570s, ruffs could be nothing but lace held together with pieces of bone, wood, ivory or steel.
Hippos are being killed by government soldiers, local militia and poachers, the World Wildlife Fund said. The meat is sold as food while teeth end up as part of the illegal ivory trade.