Siberian corpse digger

[Siberian corpse digger] In the frozen soil of Siberia, there is an ancient mammoth, whose teeth have suddenly become a treasure for the people living here in recent years.
The main source of mammoths is the frozen layer and permafrost layer of Siberia. Mammoth ivory has been recorded in the early Qing Dynasty. The Minister of Qing Dynasty, Tu Lichen, unearthed his envoy to Tuerhute from 51 to 54 years (1712 to 1715) in Kangxi, and wrote his observations into "A Record of Foreign Countries", which recorded such a special creature, named "The Record of Foreign Countries".“ Mamen Huanwa (which should be translated from Russian) is produced in Yakut, off the coast of the extreme northeast. "As big as an elephant, weighing ten thousand catties, in the course of traveling, he dies at the sight of the wind. Every time you get it in the river-baked soil, it has soft bones and white ivory. The other person’s bones are dishes, combs and so on. The flesh is extremely cold, and the hot clouds can be removed from his food.
It can be inferred that the mammoth found at that time was quite complete and furry, just like a living animal, but it could not understand why it could not move, so it was speculated that it would die in the sunshine. Its dental bones are smooth and can be used as daily necessities such as dishes, combs and so on. Even Emperor Kangxi, who had doubts about it, said that it was true for me to see his utensils personally.
In particular, the Qing people also made an analysis of traditional Chinese medicine for "Mammon Banyan Wa". According to the concepts of cold, cool, flat, warm and heat, the meat of mammoth was designated as "extremely cold" and had antipyretic effect. Perhaps because mammoths are always excavated from the ice and snow, and their meat is frozen, they are regarded as extremely cold.
The original size of mammoth ivory is larger than that of modern ivory, which was then called "keel". The Qing Dynasty has been used for sculpture, but at that time it was rarer than ivory, and its texture was inferior to ivory, so it did not attract much attention. In recent years, with the full implementation of the ivory ban, modern ivory is no longer allowed to buy, sell and circulate. Tooth carving, an ancient and traditional handicraft in China, as one of the intangible cultures, must realize the transformation of raw materials, and mammoth ivory is the best substitute.
A mammoth ivory weighing about 66 kilograms can sell as much as 35,000 US dollars (about 225,000 RMB) and grow at an average annual rate of 15-25%. For a local family earning only about 500 US dollars a month, digging a mammoth ivory is more than five years’salary, so many local people take risks. For the "digger". More than 95% of these excavated mammoth ivories have been sold to China in the past year or two. In February 2017, the Harbin Customs broke the case of smuggling ten thousand years of mammoth ivory and seized 107.
Mammoth ivory has a refractive index of about 1.54 and a density of about 1.70 g/cubic centimeter. Of the mammoth ivory found, only about 15% are available for sculpture, while other parts that have been calcified or petrified cannot be used for sculpture.
Ivory and its products are prohibited in China. Is mammoth ivory okay? Land and Resources Bureau: Mammoth teeth should belong to fossils and are not allowed to be traded! According to the State Council’s Regulations on the Protection of Paleontological Fossils, mammoth ivory belongs to paleontological fossils and is definitely not allowed to be traded freely.