World record Ivory conserved at CRSN Lwiro (ex IRSAC) in DRC

These two ivory spikes are depository of the Center of Research in Natural Sciences, CRSN at Lwiro in the South-Kivu, eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two ivory spikes are from an elephant slaughtered in the Bwito locality in the Kivu by Jean Bormans on 11-12-1943. The two spikes was unique and became a world record due to the particular big dimensions of the external curves, respectively 3m.505 (136inch) and 3m.304 (130inch), with the weight of 68 kg & 61.50kg. The owner of this trophy entrusted the custody to the former IRSAC (Institute for Research in Central Africa), actually CRSN (Center for Research in Natural Sciences) of Lwiro in South-Kivu, DRC. As consequence of the ongoing armed conflicts in the Kivu, a part of the ivory was stolen when the CRSN was attacked in the past. This trophy can be wondered at the Center of Documentation and Library of the CRSN Lwiro.