Intense and Otherwordly Presumed Antique Inuit Carving of Seal mid-century design object I believe likely from an

I believe likely from an opposite page in the scrapbook where it was long housed

Pure love for this box

1 7/8" in diameter with a handy mirrored back

which is barely visible to the eye

and certainly a nice one for adding a festive dose of color to a gathering of carved wooden figures--or anywhere

Intense and Otherwordly Presumed Antique Inuit Carving of Seal mid-century design object I believe likely from anThis creature feels to me as if existing apart from time and space primordial feeling, really, with an amazing sort of intensity and presence, and an albino sort of otherworldliness, too. (It's one I'd be especially glad to keep for myself, I'm quite obsessed with it.) I believe it is Inuit, and I believe carved of fossilized Walrus tusk, with the dentine visible in a few places, including a patch on the underside of the neck. And while I believe