{"product_id":"bone-mammoth-tusk-beads-graduated-3-7mm-on-15-inch-strand","title":"Bone, Mammoth Tusk Beads, Graduated 3-7mm on 15-inch Strand","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMammoth tusk beads, graduated 3-7mm on 18-inch strands\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaid to be at least 10,000 years old, these come from mammoth tusks that started appearing in Alaska and the Canadian arctic as permafrost began melting in the late 1980s and early 1990s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ivory-like carved pendants coming out of Indonesia at the time we made of this material, and I bought these beads from a man who collected the raw material and took it to Indonesia to be carved.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese beads were a sideline to that business.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe material has gotten more rare and expensive in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttractive range of colors from cream to warm brown, beads are slightly irregular, and have small holes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beadazzled.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50840818188597,"sku":"ORB-220","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/ORB-220.jpg?v=1744988027","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/bone-mammoth-tusk-beads-graduated-3-7mm-on-15-inch-strand","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}