Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study The hinged lid opens easily

The hinged lid opens easily and sits flush

Animals are about 2 3/4" long give or take

) He may have been a pull toy

The drawing is in very good condition

One end of the corkscrew-like section is no longer a complete loop

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study The hinged lid opens easilyPure 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,