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A lovely vintage 22mm genuine PRE BAN ivory bead of exceptional quality that we purchased in Hong Kong in 1984!
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PLEASE NOTE: We are currently only shipping ivory items within the United States. See below for more information
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Price is for this 1 genuine 22mm ivory bead and we 100% guarantee this to be pre ban ivory.

***Please check the other listings in my shop under ivory for genuine Pre Ban ivory beads in 8mm ,10mm ,12mm, 16mm sizes as well!***

I sold ivory beads such as these through the Smithsonian Institution's museum shop and catalog during the 1980's and they were also featured in trunk shows at Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue during this same time period. You can read more about my career as a jewelry designer in my profile page!
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"In 1989, the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
( CITES ) banned the international trade in African elephant ivory. Such trade in Asian elephant ivory has been banned by CITES since 1975."
This quotation is from a report released by the Humane Society of the United States in October of 2002.

Many people sell ivory today and many state that it is
" pre ban" ivory. I feel as a seller on ArtFire , that it is my responsibility to let you know exactly what " pre ban ivory" means and also to assure you that any ivory beads I sell in my shop, were purchased before this ban. We have the documentation to prove this.
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*PLEASE NOTE:
CITES banned the sale of ASIAN elephant ivory as early as 1975. Despite the fact that it was legal to trade in AFRICAN ivory until 1989 ( and our items were purchased in 1984 )
Customs officials seem to be currently prohibiting entry of ALL ivory products regardless of origin unless accompanied by an export license which validates acquisition prior to 1973. We regret that we cannot ship outside the U.S. for this reason***

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