How exactly are they going to enforce this attempt at erasing cultural history.?
Door to Door inspections ?
Not to mention all the artifacts owned by museums.
In the late 50s my grandmother purchased an ivory chess set in Hong Kong, each piece beautifully carved with the opposing pieces stained sienna. It’s a family treasure and the gubmint can’t have it.
You cannot sell them, trade them or donate them to museums. The next step is that people will be reluctant to display them for fear of being accused of participating in some sort of illegal or at least, socially forbidden activity.
I have ivory artifacts. I will hang on to them. I will bequeath them to those who understand such things and hopefully, at some point in the future this will all subside, the amount of such items will have been decreased sufficiently that he old items will again have value by virtue of rarity.
This is just more feel-good-ism in the name of stopping something a few individuals deem bad. I will not be surprised when this regulation is extended to ebony, rosewood, mahogany,etc. I believe this has already been an issue with inlays on musical instruments. Then it will be all animal skins or even bone. At some point, perhaps all crystals or mineral specimens will be prohibited.
Where does this end?
They'll give piano tuners a bounty for everyone they turn in. That extra home insurance art rider will be another bounty when your insurance agent turns in the paperwork. Your neighbor could also collect a check when they turn you in for grandma's piano, grandpa's pipe, great-aunt's hair pins and desk set. The neighbor will get extra brownie points ratting you out for having too many cans of peas in the pantry and weapons in the back of the closet.