Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study Animals are about 2 3/4"

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

--and flouncy heels

especially on old metal things (I've included a photo of an arrangement of this and a couple of other recent finds that I just love together)

I find it pretty transporting

I've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer-ware combining text and illustration

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study Animals are about 2 3/4"Pure 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,