Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit rare porcelain candle snuffer medium pair 5/16" cubed

medium pair 5/16" cubed

which is in great shape

which in this case is as it should be

which fit together in one particular way (the magnets repel each other otherwise

the box is shot

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit rare porcelain candle snuffer medium pair 5/16" cubedPure 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,