Jenny Byrne and her team at Zealandia designed this Hanging Bear with Fish Pendant. Width 3/4" x Height 2" (approx). Sterling silver details, setting and wires. Colors will vary as each beautiful piece of ancient ivory is uniquely tinted by earthen minerals.

Delivery may be extended by a week or two depending on what material is chosen.

This bear can come in a variety of materials. Fossilized Mammoth Ivory, Fossilized Walrus Ivory and Hand Carved Bone, or Tagua Nut and Hand Carved Bone.

Fossilized Mammoth Ivory: Ancient Mammoth tusk, plentiful until their extinction about 15,000 years ago, our Mammoth Ivory is usually found by gold miners in Alaska and Canada. The unique colors of this ancient ivory are created by minerals from the soil. This material is legal to carve and own.

Fossilized Walrus Ivory: Prehistoric Fossilized or Mineralized Walrus tusk is around 500 to 3,000 years old. It is excavated along the Bering sea coast of Alaska by Eskimo families. The unique colors of this ancient ivory are created by minerals from the soil. This material is legal to carve and own.

Due to the natural state of fossilized ivory, mammoth and walrus, clean only with a clean soft cloth. Care should be taken to not get black from the silver on the cloth as this can transfer to the ivory. Do not use jewelry cleaners, chemicals, soaps or detergents. Avoid extreme heat, moisture, and soaking.

Tagua Nut: Tagua Nut is sustainably harvested by South American farmers. Collectors worldwide value Tagua’s luminous, ivory-like color and texture as well as its eco-friendly qualities. The tagua jewelry may have been treated with natural botanical dyes to enhance its singular beauty. Tagua nut jewelry has been carefully carved and polished. Avoid contact with lotions, oils, extreme heat, moisture and soaking to help prevent dulling. Polish with a clean, soft white cloth. Do not use jewelry cleaners, chemicals, soaps, or detergents.

Hand Carved Bone: The art of bone carving goes back to time immemorial. It is considered to be an important pre-historic art, which marks the domestication of human beings. It all started with using bones and ivory as hunting tools in prehistoric days. The bone may have been treated with natural dyes to enhance its singular beauty. Bone jewelry has been carefully carved and polished. Avoid contact with lotions, oils, extreme heat, moisture and soaking to help prevent dulling. Polish with a clean, soft white cloth. Do not use jewelry cleaners, chemicals, soaps, or detergents. 

   “We use mammoth ivory for our beloved polar bear jewelry, or when we want a nice creamy skin tone. Occasionally we will use mammoth ivory from Siberia, which is generally whiter than North American mammoth ivory from resting in ice rather than soil.” ~Jenny Byrne