Nauyat Nunavut Inuit Whalebone Carving --Two Narwahl on Base To Adorn and To Carry Pith paper was made from

Pith paper was made from the cellular tissue found in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera

reminding me a bit of a Helen Frankenthaler painting

which features lines drawn in pencil

and light wear to the handles of the bag

Syroco was founded in 1890 in Syracuse

Nauyat Nunavut Inuit Whalebone Carving --Two Narwahl on Base To Adorn and To Carry Pith paper was made fromThis multi piece fossilized whalebone and tusk Inuit carving is described as from Nuayat on the underside of its base, which is located on Baffin Island, the largest island in the Arctic Archipelago and in the territory of Nunavut, a region widely known for whalebone carvings by indigenous artists. The artist of this piece is also named as A. Angotitar I believe but I have not had luck tracing this name. The sculpture features two narwhal the larger