I’m not sure I worded the question right, but this is what I mean:Lately I’ve been thinking of doing one of those classic animal tooth/claw sort of necklaces(planning to do one with an orca tooth). But I was wondering…In Native American culture, or any other for that matter, are there any animals that it’s disrespectful to use for jewelry?
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because the answer is different for every culture (including the hundreds of Native cultures), the most respectful thing to do would be to discover what is correct for your people. If you were wearing something of your culture, that my culture would find offensive, I would not be offended because it is the way of your people. But if you tried to make something of someone else’s culture, that would be disrespectful.
certain cultures west indies shark tooth. first nation orca/killer whale. middle africa. elephant ivory. Egypt tiger eye gemstone. first nations midwest apache cherokee . rattle snake tooth. these are the ones from memory. eskimos any animal tooth ie polar bear, orca, any whale. walrus tooth .
It is considered disrespectful to use any animals in many cultures. If this is a concern of yours, don’t use them at all. You’re not going to be able to please everyone however.
there is no one native american culture. there are hundreds. what one would use, another wouldn’t. so there is no answer to your question.
In America nothing is quite offensive, but a snake comes to mind.
Ostrich, swan.