Remember Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary? He was reputed to have carried a matching pair of silver-plated Colt Peacemakers, with matching ivory handles and ruby inlays. Ivory's always been connected to luxury like this, and we  figured that the next time we'd be seeing it, it'd be on some fancy sculpture, some uber-exotic katana handle...but cell phones?

Guangzhou has recently released news of a new venture that just might be next extreme in cellphone originality: ivory cellphones.

Forget the diamond-studded fare we've seen before - these new phones, made from a mix of ivory, camel and whale bones, have 16 dragons and other assorted designs carved into their case (the innards appear to be a standard cellphone) that were meant to represent the Guangzhou region.

It took a team of three master ivory carvers three and a half months to complete the project,  with only six of these handheld wonders available for purchase.

Did we mention the $23,000 price tag on each, which is enough to buy a family sedan?

The ivory trade is a heavily monitored industry by the United Nations due to its resulting decimation of elephant population in Africa and other parts of the world. "tusk, tusk"