Bering Sea Yupik
Koskokwim Delta
Ceremonial
Turquoise
and
Mammoth Ivory
Earrings
$49.50
Through trading they gained access to many materials, including blue and light and dark mammoth and walrus ivory, and gemstones from Siberia. Our Bering Sea Yupik – Koskokwim Delta earrings are fashioned after a 400 year old set of earrings and amulet found in Prince William Sound.
In this embodiment we to replace the square of abalone shell with a fully backed and bezeled Rust-colored fossil walrus ivory. From it dangles a large white 25,000 year old Fossil Mammoth Ivory bead, as well as a 30,000 year old brown mammoth bead. Sterling Silver lever-style earwire. A very classy set of modern earrings from the ancient Bering Sea. 1 inch high, 3/8 inch wide.