Swimming Whale Carving acorn an Inuit village located on

an Inuit village located on Dorset Island at the southern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut

Image measures 7" by 7"

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hand carved from fossilized mammoth tusk ivory

Swimming Whale Carving acorn an Inuit village located onBy Yup'ik artist, Gordon Ooze Carved from seasoned walrus ivory and inlaid whale baleen. Measures 3. 25" long by 1" wide by 1" high. A Note About the Ivory The Yup'ik cavings sold at True North are made of seasoned walrus ivory or fossilized ivory. Sometimes inlaid whale baleen is used for details. The Pacific walrus is not endangered or threatened. Nonetheless, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service oversees and manages the limited hunting of walrus by