"Hanging Bear" Ancient Fossilized Mammoth Tusk Silver Pendant

This intricate mammoth tusk polar bear pendant incorporates ancient extinct mammoth tusk that reminds us how the earth can lose an entire species in a streamlined and artisan carved design.

• Mammoth tusk carved pendant
• Sterling silver setting and bale
• This pendant is sold without a chain
• Matching earrings

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Hanging Bear Mammoth Tusk Polar Bear Pendant in Silver

This enormous creature can reach over 1,500 pounds in weight and is a powerful force. He takes on seemingly impossible conditions with relative ease, making his home on the vast and pristine ice. The polar bear represents courage, power, and purity of spirit.

This Hanging Bear mammoth ivory necklace is inspired both by the polar bear and by an ancient creature, the great mammoth. The fossilized mammoth ivory used to carve our hanging polar bear is over 15,000 years old and has lain buried underground for centuries long after the great mammoths became extinct. As the polar bear is also now threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat, the use of fossilized mammoth ivory in this carved ivory pendant is especially poignant.

The Native Inuit people of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland have a deep and rich mythology tied to the polar bear, a source of strength, courage, and sustenance to them. The polar is said to be able to assume human form and revert back to bear form at will. Myth tells of him being the first to teach the Inuit how to hunt seal. He is a teacher, guide, and source of inspiration.

Pair this delightful Hanging Bear polar bear necklace with our Hanging Bears polar bear earrings for a complete set! The set's hand carved details and sterling silver wrapped accents make it a treasure that is sure to become part of your heirloom jewelry collection.