I don't even know if they were sourced from a terrestrial or aquatic (i.e. land or water) animals. Item #1 : Claw (. Item #2 : Claw (. My great uncle served as a US Consulate in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) during the late 1930's and 1940's, and again (I believe) in the 1970's. ).
These are all of the beads that I was able to put together that were from animal claws and teeth. I don’t know what kind of animals they came from and can’t even tell you if they were aquatic or terrestrial... But, I know that they were from the tribe that my great uncle befriended and worked with (they lived on his land.) The items were most likely locally harvested from either the forested areas around Rio de Janeiro or Rio Grande do Sul. I know that the tribe lived ina forested area and that there was access to fresh water because they did a lot of spear fishing and I even have a canoe paddle (will be listing that soon too).
My mother told me that they lived in the Amazon... but I have looked at the maps and neither Rio de Janeiro or Rio Grande do Sul were anywhere near the Amazon River. There is so much that I don’t still know....
Anyway.... I don’t know how much to list as a selling price for these and have put them up for auction as a bulk lot on eBay. I set the opening price for $20 (with free shipping) because this is what I feel would be a fair minimal price. I suspect that they are worth much more but being as there are so many “unknowns” involved, I just thought I’d put it out there and let the final price be set by the people who would be interested in this stuff and can use it. Value is only determined by what someone feels that an item is actually worth to them and therefore I feel that this is probably the best way to do it.
Auction Ends: May 19, 2019 at 1:13 p.m. PDT