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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 248650, member: 45&quot;]It&#039;s an elk ivory, or bugle tooth, whistler...there are several names for them.&nbsp; Every elk has two, and they are remnants of what was a tusk in the prehistoric elk ancestors.&nbsp; The material is a type of ivory, like walrus tusks, it&#039;s not the same as the other teeth.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;ve been collected and saved for years, by Native Americans and non-Native Americans alike.&nbsp; Probably every family that had hunters in the past had a couple or more tucked away in a drawer somewhere.&nbsp; Sometimes they were made into watch fobs, or pendants.&nbsp; Since they are ivory, there are legal restrictions on selling them in most states today.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of the elk head makes this more likely to be &quot;Western&quot; rather than &quot;Native American&quot; jewelry, so identifying the maker may not be possible.&nbsp; It has the look of the type of thing sold at a fair or rendezvous in the 1970s/1980s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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