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The wearer of this necklace is shaman and camp leader. It signifies
authority and supernatural power, commanding respect and obedience from the
rest of the camp's inhabitants.
In the film, the necklace is bestowed upon three generations of leaders
through blood and murder. It passes from the first camp leader, Kumaglak, who
is killed in the presence of the evil shaman, to his overly-ambitious son,
Sauri. Sauri, too, is then murdered by his own son, Oki - the last in this
ruthless lineage to wear the walrus-tooth necklace.