Intense and Otherwordly Presumed Antique Inuit Carving of Seal mid-century design object croquet I believe

croquet I believe

and certainly a nice one for adding a festive dose of color to a gathering of carved wooden figures--or anywhere

There is a tiny

With a small hole in the belly and two in the back into which a dowel would be stuck in order to make the doll dance (and those shoes are good for clomping)

Intense and Otherwordly Presumed Antique Inuit Carving of Seal mid-century design object croquet I believeThis creature feels to me as if existing apart from time and space primordial feeling, really, with an amazing sort of intensity and presence, and an albino sort of otherworldliness, too. (It's one I'd be especially glad to keep for myself, I'm quite obsessed with it.) I believe it is Inuit, and I believe carved of fossilized Walrus tusk, with the dentine visible in a few places, including a patch on the underside of the neck. And while I believe