European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Like Ivory try Erbach the Star and Stripe it was t the proximity of trumpeting bands of roving elephants crashing through Germany s Odenwald but the travels of a Young count that brought Ivory carving to Erbach Germany. When the minor Art was introduced 200 years ago to Erbach a Village nestled in the wooded rolling Odenwald the Ivory tusks were imported from Africa. They still Are. Erbach s travelling Nobleman. Count Franz i first became aware of Ivory carving while in Venice Italy in the late 1700$. He was so enthralled that he Learned the Craft and later taught it to the Erbach townspeople. His purpose was twofold to promote the Craft and to help eliminate poverty in me area. A Guild formed in 1785 developed an Erbach brooch depleting a Hunting scene. Then in 1856, craftsman Johann Michel followed with a Dower brooch which later became the delicate Erbacher Rose. The Rose won the Bronze medal at the world Ivory exhibits in Vienna in 1873 and remains a popular seller in tourist shops. Today Erbach s skilled craftsmen use not Only elephant tusks but those from Walrus Narwhal and Hippopotamus. Environmentalists need have no worry. The Ivory purchased by the Erbach Carvers must include a certificate verifying the tusks were obtained legally and not through poaching or the Black Market. The tusks which weigh from 75 to 200 pounds and often Are More than six feet Long Cost from $30 a Pound up. The thickness varies from the solid wide portion at the animal s head to the narrower part the Del far Ehk Caer be. At the hollow painted end. The less expensive hollow pieces Are used to create Small brooches and tiny pieces such As crowns and canes attached to Small statues. The carving process begins with the Tusk being stripped of is Brownish bark with chisels and saws the now White Ivory is polished and smoothed with a variety of tools and the carving Begum. Though the number of local craftsmen hat dropped in Modem times Erbach remains the Center of european Ivory carving and its modern museum opened in 1966, has become a show Bce for examples of this Craft from the world Over. There Are permanent exhibits from Africa India Japan China and Greenland russian Ivory carvings from the Hermitage in Leningrad and the museum for pictorial arts in archangels Are being shown through Jan. 3 for the first time outside the soviet Union. The Erbach museum is open daily from 10a,m, to 12 30 . And from 2 . To 5 . Admission is 5 Marks for adults and 4 Marks per person for groups of 20 or More and students. Erbach is on route 45 beyond Cross Umstad tand Michel stall. Gallery Calendar Austria Styer autumn Graz through nov. B. This Vest s theme is animal Art. Belgium european Tennis tournament Antwerp oct. 23 nov. 1. Circus olympiade Scha Platz Liege nov. 1-20. Denmark Copenhagen stamp exhibition Copenhagen until oct. 25. Morn than 64,000 Stamps Are being shown. Aalborg open fencing championships Aalborg oct. 31-nov, 1. Ice skating Esbjerg cup Esbjerg so Plehal nov. 7 8. World s biggest ice skating Competition. International dog show drown log Margrethe Hall Fredericia nov. 7-3. France Flea Market Metz oct. 24. Gastronomic fair Dijon oct 30-nov. 11. Chrysanthemum show pare Floral Bois de Vincennes Paris oct. 31-nov. 15. Germany Dahlia show Lehl unto oct 31. Hochheimer Mark Hochheim nov. -10. 25th International indoor run tourney Hunting and horse exhibition Hannover Fairgrounds nov. Ims. Great Britain world piping championships Blair Castle Pitlochry oct. 24, world Squash team championships Royal Albert Hall London oct 18-31. Blackpool illuminations the promenade Blackpool until nov. 1. International ploughing championships Mana Ghlen s estate Bushmills n. Ireland nov. 4-5. Hungary wine Days Sze Szard through oct. 30. Budapest Art weeks Budapest through oct 31, Ireland Kilkenny genealogical Circle autumn workshop Kilkenny oct. 23-25. Contact pal Nolan 056-22036. Ballad Hob mini festival Ballad Hob oct. 23-26. Italy Mugalli Ferrari autumn meet Meran oct. 23-25. Traditional Market Stegen oct. 24-28. International vintners wander week train oct. 24-30. Festival of the chestnuts and hazelnuts Ritzo oct. 25. Folk music dancing and free sampling of nut products. International miniature Golf tourney Algundi oct. 27-29. The Netherlands Felikas International cat Shuw Rai building Amsterdam nov. 7-fl. St Nikola us parades throughout the country nov. 14. Portugal Feira de Sao Martinho National horse show Goleta nov. 8-11. Sweden Folk music and dance gathering Spelman Sitamma Uppsala oct. 24-25. Skansen Christmas fair Stockholm nov. 29, Switzerland 517th autumn fair Basel oct 24-nov. 8. Oldest and largest annual fair in Switzerland. Saint Martain fair Vevay nov. 10. Onion Market Bern nov. 23, Austria Innsbruck several museums in the City dose during the Winter months. Doors reopen As follow Panorama painting on the Renn Weg april 1 Tirol of  museum in the Zeu Ghaus Kaber Maximilian i May 2 Schloss Ambras May Ujj Tyroler  Kloster Gasse 1, May 2 Innsbruck stall term in the Altstadt March 1. Belgium Robertville 61 artists from 15 countries nature Park Bol Range until nov. 15. Denmark Kors or the ferries and their Crews Tortor town and ferry service museum until nov. 15. France Paris a family of painters Lucien Simon Jeanne Simon Dauchez and Paul Simon be louvre Des Antiquaries through october. Germany Berlin paper Art museum fur Vermehr und Technik oct 23-end of january. Berlin Heinrich Zulle exhibition graph Lydien Nabinett of the Pel Leusden gallery