Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit rare porcelain candle snuffer the other close lipped

the other close lipped

which in this case is as it should be

13" long x 9 1/4" deep x 4 1/2" tall

with six blocks of seamwork

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit rare porcelain candle snuffer the other close lippedPure love. This fabulous creature was carved from walrus tusk, I believe by an indigenous carver from the Bering Sea area. I found another of a very similar animal form in a very similar manner described as a fox (image included in photos) that one 19th century and described as carved by a shaman for a hunter to carry as as a sort of amulet or charm. It is the relative crudeness and immediacy of the carving that make it wonderful to me (and that face,