Need help dating & taxating ivory necklace

[Astrid Anna]

Hello all!

I have this elephant-necklace of which I believe is ivory.
(Did the hot-needle test. It smelled like burned hair and the needle left no mark. Also, when holding the pendant to the light, it has a slightly transparant look and some beads show veins. The overall feel is organic, not plastic).

I'm not an expert in vintage jewlrey at all, and could use some help dating it.

The large pendant and the smaller beads all show elephants. The shapes of the smaller beads are irregular, so my gues would be handmade. The closure shows some green oxidation.
Some of the beads show a yellowish discoloration.

Would love to hear what you think!

Thanks x

 

[Ookoo]

On my computer screen, the beads look like some kind of rock and the large pendant looks like it was carved from bone or seashell. Ivory, even when it was legal to hunt and import, has always been a fairly expensive material, so it would more likely be carved by an artist with better craftsmanship.

 

[Astrid Anna]

Hm can rock show yellowish discoloration? I thought only animal materials could show this kind of corrosion..

 

[Pinkcoke]

Nicotine can stain a lot of materials.

 

[retro ruth]

I think it's more likely to be bone, much cheaper than ivory, but similar, until you look closely. I believe this style of necklace is often made from bone.

This link shows how to tell bone from ivory, and say that bone smells like burning hair with the hot pin test, but ivory doesn't.

http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Ivory-from-Bone

The link has other things to look for.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I can remember seeing a lot of necklaces that came from India like this back in the 60s and early 70s.
I agree with Ruth that it looks more like bone.