Necklace

Sperm Whale split-tooth necklace made up of 30 "teeth" or "tusks." (These "teeth" or "tusks" have been carved from a Sperm Whale tooth and then polished and oiled). The "teeth" are strung on a braided coconut fiber cord, and non-ethnographic string where the coconut fiber cord is broken. Necklace has broken into 2 pieces and one "tooth" is completely detached. Detached "tooth" is broken and in 3 pieces. Additionally many "teeth" have lost their points/tips, one of which we have. Several "teeth: are cracked and splitting.