Busacca Gallery

🔥 Note, If any material is found to be questionable after a thorough examination and a determination that it might violate existing legal regulations, it is important to emphasize that Busacca Gallery would be prohibited from selling or distributing such material in compliance with current laws. It should be noted that Busacca Gallery's ability to make such determinations relies on the physical and careful execution of comprehensive testing and meticulous scrutiny by scholarly experts well-versed in the relevant subject matter. The description represents a simple story and opinion with the intention of stimulating conversation and providing education through its historical narrative. Busacca Gallery diligently endeavors to adhere to legal regulations and apologizes for any misrepresentations or confusion. For any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us. 415-215-6533 🎯 We are informing you that most of our antique bone material is "on consignment" and from private collectors outside the state of California and may take a few extra days to coordinate, process, pack, ship, and cross-check information from that state. We promote only legal pre-ban and old antique material and pass on the history of the pieces as we know it from the consigner. Sorry, We can not knowingly sell illegal material. IVORY IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATION! If you have questions about ivory you own. We are not educated, certified appraisers or foremost experts in ivory! We recommend contacting your fish & wildlife for the latest information if you think you may have questionable material. We will do our best to inform you if your order is delayed. We have a small and dedicated staff and appreciate your patience and understanding. We do our best to promote only legal pre-ban antique bone material and post and pass on the photos and history of the pieces as we know it from the consigner. Antique hand carved five pick ivory pocket tooth cleaner This is a 18th 19th Century five pick Pocket toothbrush and holder for the old traveler. This portable antique ivory toothbrush looks like a little penknife. The cool thing about this gadget is that it is like a pocketknife that can clean your teeth and nails. It’s a little-known fact that the primary benefits of good dental care are obtained mainly from cleaning and brushing. There where a wide range of natural brush styles and tools to meet good hygiene in there day, before the toothbrush was invented. A variety of oral hygiene measures have been used since before recorded history. This has been verified by various excavations done all over the world, in which chewsticks, tree twigs, bird feathers, animal bones and porcupine quills were recovered.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush

The toothbrush is an instrument consisting of a small brush on a handle used to clean teeth through tooth brushing. Toothbrushes are offered with varying textures of bristles, and come in many different sizes and forms. Toothbrushes are often made from synthetic fibers, although natural toothbrushes are also known in many parts of the world. Many peoples used different forms of toothbrushes. Indian medicine (Ayurveda) has used the neem tree (a.k.a. daatun) and its products to create toothbrushes and similar products for millennia. A person chews one end of the neem twig until it somewhat resembles the bristles of a toothbrush, and then uses it to brush the teeth. In the Muslim world, the miswak, or siwak, made from a twig or root with antiseptic properties has been widely used since the Islamic Golden Age. Rubbing baking soda or chalk against the teeth was also common. The first toothbrush to resemble the modern toothbrush is believed to have been invented in China in the late 1400s, which used the stiff hairs from a hog's neck, attached to a bamboo stick. A photo from 1899 showing the use of toothbrush.