"But what IS it?" you ask, tilting your head in a manner that suggests you are genuinely bewildered. "Ah," he responds, "That question has persisted through time. It is indeed a mystery. Archeologists, paleontologists, and mammalogists have argued for years over the nature of this bone. Clearly it belonged to a large and carnivorous beast. Those teeth! Those scars. Narratives differ on whether the indentations in the bone were a feature of the animal, or carved by a tribal culture after its death. Regardless, this creature must have been feared and revered in equal parts....."
I choose to believe that this is a remnant of the near-mythological Jabberwocky. On a smaller scale of course....His rodent sized cousin? What will you believe?
This piece is the first collaboration between myself and my son. He came up with the initial design, I executed and embellished it. I have antiqued the pendant and then polish the high points so that the detail really pops.
Material: sterling silver, with option of bright or blackened. Dimensions: 1 1/2"" X 1"" (40mm by 30mm).
