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Baker Lake
The gold flecked backside is pretty
it is not a crack or chip
scissors holder 3 1/4" long
Inuit Miniature Dog Sled with Figure and Seals Teach a Tot toy Baker LakeBased on a few other Inuit carvings of dog sleds I have found in a similar manner, I think this one may come from the Nunavat region in Northern Canada, and would think likely dates to the mid 20th century or so, at a time when thousands of Inuit sled dogs (qimmiit) were killed in a government initiative to pressure Inuit people to abandon traditional subsistence hunting and ways of life. Also around this time (and in response), artist cooperatives
