RING & ALEXA
Alexa’s mother bought this ring in Cleveland, Ohio in the mid 60s. As a child Alexa would listen to her mother telling her about how it came to be. It was made from the tooth of a Sperm whale, found by a fisherman, he crafted it into a ring for his daughter. It was especially precious, she told Alexa, because Sperm whales very rarely lose their teeth. She promised Alexa that one day the ring would be hers. In 2010 Alexa was given the ring. She wears it on the same finger of the same hand as her mother, it fits perfectly. As a young dyed-in-the-wool hippie Alexa’s mother had been embarrassed to be wearing ivory and had fabricated the story of the whale’s tooth, the fisherman and the ring.
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