skovelhorn necklace

necklace made from hand carved hinoki (japanese cypress).
hinoki has a significant cultural and symbolic meaning in Japan, often associated with purity and reverence.

Palmated antlers (skovelhorn) are one of two types of antlers that moose can grow, and can span almost two meters in size.
Moose with palmate antlers have more acute hearing than those without antlers, as it acts as a parabolic reflector, amplifying sound at the moose’s ear.
Generally, northern populations display the palmate pattern of antlers, while the antlers of European moose residing the southerly portion of its range are typically of the cervina dendritic pattern and comparatively small, perhaps due to evolutionary pressures of hunting by humans, who prize the large palmate antlers.

delivered in a hand made svartbysvart-branded wooden box.

this piece is one-of-a-kind