Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chryselephantine \Chrys`el*e*phan"tine\, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold +
   ? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.]
   Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.

   Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built
         up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with
         ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for
         the hair and garments.