Inuit Eskimo Carved Tusk Standing Polar Bear folk art christ usually mended twice

usually mended twice

Or fill it with crayons

and an old fold line at upper left

like most one sees

which I believe would have been done by its owner/s: CIR on the from and DIA on the back

Inuit Eskimo Carved Tusk Standing Polar Bear folk art christ usually mended twiceSuch a surprise and treat to find this one and a smaller companion the other dayAlaskan Inuit, carved of fossilized walrus tusk, and I believe with a fair bit of age to him. I really love the paws raised, standing position, revealing fat stripe of dentine straight down the length of the belly, and then with wonderful deeper coloration on the upper half of the back. Inked details for face and claws and red for the mouth. Mid 20th c. I believe.