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Sterling Silver - $95.00
"Cut down that maple tree...burn the trunk to ashes, and Ma'll leach the ashes for lye. Scatter the leaves and they'll make winter mulchin'. Seeds that have been shook off will come up. No, Sir, if you can't kill that old maple, you ain't goin' to be able to kill me. I'll be in something a hundred years from now, even if it's just the praire grass or the wind in the timber or the wild geese ridin' out the storm." Bess Streeter Aldrich
Native Americans in and around Alaska believe that everything: animal, plant, rock and sky, has a human spirit (an Innui). Whether we are "..human beings learning to be spritual, or spiritual beings learning to be human..," we can all use comforting and personal articles to remind us of our connections. We have designed and carefully handcrafted our Kodiak Island Talisman after a Shaman's Talisman found in the excavation of a semisubterranean log house of the Koniag Culture of Kodiak. The Koniag were a culture committed to and bound by taking their living from the sea. (They invented the two-person kayak.) We believe the Talisman was intended to keep fisherman safe while out in their small boats.
We designed our Kodiak Island Talisman around a piece of crazed 2000 year-old Fossil Walrus Ivory with brown and white sun and rays pattern. Above the fully bezeled and backed Fossil Ivory we placed a "good luck comet' of seven Sterling Silver beads, graduated in size. Above this bright comet is a spectacular blue/green Aurora Borealis opal, topped by a long, curved freeform Silver bead, which 'keeps the heavens pressing down on the water to keep it calm.' 1 1/2 inches high, 5/8 inch wide.
This one-of-a-kind Talisman is unique and comes complete with Sterling Silver chain.
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All items chosen with Registered Sperm Whale Ivory will come with a Registration Certificate containing the Department of Commerce registration number. [Sperm Whale Ivory Shipped only to addresses in Maryland]
We stand ready to scrimshaw anything you would like on any of our pieces - animals, ship's and family portraits, landscapes, nautical scenes, hunting scenes, etc. We do many special order commission pieces from blazer buttons, knitting needles (knitters take note!), fountain pens, corkscrews, pistol grips, ball point pens and mechanical pencils, desk accessories, Fossil Ivory ship models, ship half hulls, Nantucket and Lightship Baskets, to custom whole Sperm Whale Teeth or whole Walrus Tusks. We also handcraft fossil ivory sailing/nautical trophies to order. We can personalize any piece with a scrimshawed name and initials at no extra charge. (Email us with any queries. Just email us at studio@ancientivories.com and let us know your special order needs!
Have a question? Just call us toll free at 1-866-468-0728.
The available colors of our high quality Fossilized Ivories are shown below. (Please allow for some color variation in these natural materials.) Our wonderful Ivories have been reclaimed from the ground after sharing the earth for up to 30 millennia! Even after all this time, Fossil Ivory remains warm and sensuous organic ivory; it is not petrified. It has developed its beautiful colors by taking up minerals from the earth and these colors are impossible to match in any contemporary ivories by modern processes. In time, the Fossil Ivories you wear or use will take on very personal hues from your contact. They will become a part of you.
These are our
scrimshaw Design Etchings.
In addition to these designs,
as an added option,
you may send us a
picture of your choice
for a
commission price quote.
Looking for thoughtful and interesting gifts?
Know someone who absolutely loves his boat? Let us hand etch it's portrait, along with name and hull number - and the name of the captain - on one of our knives, pendants, money clips, or any of our other pieces!
Ancient Ivories Studios handcrafted items make sensational and warmly personalized gifts that will be treasured and enjoyed.
Have questions or special order needs? Just email us at studio@ancientivories.com or call us
toll free at
1-866-468-0728.
Please bookmark our site. We add new designs and items periodically.
None of our Ivory is contemporary, and not a single animal has been killed, culled, or otherwise harmed to produce our Fossil Ivories. It is the only perfect, ecologically sound, humane way to own and wear warm, wonderful and enduring ivory.
We Use No Elephant Ivory, Nor Contemporary Ivories of Any Kind.
Every piece of Sperm Whale Ivory we sell, is registered with the Department of Commerce, and comes with a Department of Commerce registration number.[Our license does not allow us to ship Sperm Whale Ivory outside of Maryland.]
We have many more fine knives in our studio that are not on our website. Email us for availability of your favorite knife with Fossil Ivory handles! (We also replace scales on treasured old knives.)
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 FOR A MAP OF OUR SITE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK AT RIGHT.
We offer the best prices on the web and outstanding value - check us out! Have a question? Just call us
toll free at 1-866-468-0728.
Most of our pieces are unique treasures created especially for the prospective wearer. Want to help us design your scrimshaw piece? Whether it's a fossil ivory Amulet or Talisman, Scrimshaw jewelry, personalized scrimshaw knives, Fossil Ivory Wedding or Commitment Band, Pendants, Brooches, scrimshaw sailor's Knife, Sterling Silver and scrimshaw Box, Scrimshaw Sperm Whale's Tooth, or Sterling Silver and Ivory scrimshaw Spoons and Tableware, just email us and we will work with you for a very personal piece you'll love to use or wear!
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