1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tool handles but I believe that is

but I believe that is more a product of the aging of the wood than remnants of paint

It features beautiful Spencerian + Fraktur headers throughout plus tons of geometric diagrams carefully drawn with compass and ruler

elegant hand-thrown lidded pot

with a slightly squarish shape to the rings

The legs all move easily and he can be positioned to sit/stand in a variety of poses

1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tool handles but I believe that isAt first I took this scrimshawed blade for a letter opener, but I have since learned that it is, I believe, much more interestingly an Inuit snow knife! From what I have read, some snow knives (as I believe is most likely the case with this smallish, decorated one) were used by young girls as stylists to draw pictures in the snow, with these being passed down from older to younger girls. Other snow knives were used as tools for cutting hard packed