Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique sake bottle which shows a few tears

which shows a few tears but could certainly still be used to store some things

but now the structure of the leaves makes me think they may be grapes

I also like that it can be displayed sitting up

really great looking

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique sake bottle which shows a few tearsPure 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,