first of all, Welcome.....now to this ornament...first we have to ascertain....what its made of...basically..its a process of elimination,first of all, you can try what we call the hot needle test,..which is ..heat a large needle and attempt to insert it into the underside of the base..if it goes in then its most likely to be made of plastic based resin,...if it does,nt...then we look to determine if its bone or ivory.....