Call of the wild

摘要

Twin dragons sit high above the bustle of Grant Street, marking the ceremonial entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown. Up a steep hill, the cheap souvenirs give way to more exotic wares: antique figures carved in the Japanese netsuke style, statues of monkeys and roosters, delicate earrings and necklaces. They are ivory. There are lots of them. And they shouldn't be there.