Extremely beautiful , museum quality mammoth ivory netsuke from master netsukes collection of Japanese Samurai standing on a skull ready for his combat. Just take a look on the face of the samurai & it's amazing. The netsuke was hand caved by top skilled master carver & signed by him. carved out from Genuine Mammoth ivory tusk from the extinct woolly mammoth that roamed the earth before 10,000 years ago.