Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, miniature structure And with the image of

And with the image of a ship inside silver circled insignia to boot

with what looks like an earlier attempt erased at upper left

much more pronounced in photos (magnified) than to the eye

and the careful hand-stitches tethering the small bunch of dried roses to the paper

just below that fabulous bowtie and in between the floating shirt buttons-- what a perfect distillation of the feel of a heart a'flutter in springtime

Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, miniature structure And with the image ofI have had one other Inuit carved creature with a similar form to this one that one was antique and carved of Ivory, this one 20th century I believe and carved of bone, both Alaskan Inuit I am fairly certain. What is more challenging to determine for certain is the creature being represented. The treatment of the legs here, carved in low relief, curled around the body, I've found on a few other historic carvings, including one described (on good