Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique sake bottle to her red lips

to her red lips

appears on the front of this old notebook

really great looking

Of course they'd also be great for sipping a cup of tea or coffee

I would guess this box dates to the late 19th century

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique sake bottle to her red lipsPure 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,