Description:

Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States, Alaska, or Canada, Tlingit & Inuit, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. Three hand carved walrus ivory pendants. One is made from an old Inuit / Thule style harpoon head with dangling beads and a polished whale tooth handing from below, wearable as a necklace with an ivory button clasp. The orca whale pendant is strung on a rawhide cord and inlaid with nacre shell as the eyes, the narrow edge near the jaw is etched with a marker mark, possibly a "F.V." with a circle emblem. The pendant carved with a wolf howling at the moon is carved from the tip of a walrus tusk and highly polished. Size of orca pendant: 3.75" L x 1.5" W (9.5 cm x 3.8 cm); cord: 30" L (76.2 cm)

This is an ESA exempt piece of walrus ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington.

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Provenance: private Litchfield, Ohio, USA collection

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  • Condition: Heavily polished surfaces with natural patina and striations. Orca whale is signed under the jaw. All are wearable.

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