What a talented & gifted artist you need to be in order to carve the dragon inside the Bottle Gourd. This Amazing Mammoth Ivory netsuke from museum Netsukes collection was hand carved by top skilled master carver. The ivory is absolutely legal & it's genuine Mammoth ivory tusk from the extinct woolly Mammoth. The Dragon is well known for luck, success & wisdom - but bottle Gourd has a myth powers as well & in Japan they be used to overcome the malevolent forces of nature such as demons, monsters, even giant catfish .