Woolly Mammoth Ivory Heart Pendant

Beautiful heart pendant made with Woolly Mammoth ivory discovered at the Boneyard Alaska. I made this out of a shard found at the Boneyard Alaska. This particular shard was a broken tusk tip which is impossible to match to a tusk and I used it to create a free hand-carved heart shaped pendant. This is the very inner core from the narrow part of the tusk tip. You can see the tusk rings and distinctive Schreger pattern evident in the fossil ivory of this piece of woolly mammoth tusk which I highlighted. I made the bell with a freshwater pearl and antique glass beads.

The Boneyard Alaska is owned by my brother and his wife (John and Ramona Reeves), It has become renowned for being a significant paleontological site where thousands of Ice Age fossils have been discovered. Located in Fairbanks Alaska, the site is famous for its extensive collection of woolly mammoth tusks, bones, and other Megafauna animal remains, including steppe bison, horse, short faced bear (Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago) and saber toothed cats. Studies on articles discovered continue at the Boneyard Alaska.