Catalogued within Polynesian Cultures Unknown Civilization recovery records, this ceremonial navigation charm is believed to have been worn by Polynesian wayfinders during long-distance ocean voyages, funerary canoe processions, and ritual navigation ceremonies honoring ancestral spirits of the sea. The object displays sharply preserved shark tooth serrations, unusually precise directional carvings, and engraved alignment markings associated with star-based maritime guidance systems. Recovery teams documented collapsed canoe remains, coral-covered burial platforms, and ceremonial shell offerings surrounding the coastal burial site where the charm was discovered suspended beside preserved rope bindings and obsidian fishing implements within a partially submerged voyaging vessel. Several fragmented oral records reference “the tooth that remembers the ocean path” and describe navigators carrying carved shark charms during seasonal crossings to maintain alignment with sacred star routes and ancestral currents believed to guide the dead safely across open water. Directional drift continues occurring intermittently during maritime transport and sea-based observation despite the artifact remaining mechanically inert under ordinary containment conditions. Translation attempts associated with the engraved directional symbols remain institutionally disputed following repeated inconsistencies appearing across copied navigation diagrams and reconstructed star charts.