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Fun Fact: Violin bows also contain ivory in the tip. https://www.benningviolins.com/ivory-violins-and-violin-bows.html https://www.benningviolins.com/ivory-violins-and-violin-bows... I had a friend who was a luthier, and in this tradition the father hands over the materials to the son, so that you may have wood that's been aging for 40 years, and a stockpile of ivory to use in the bows.