Inuit Carved Stone Otter Gripping Fish pale watercolor I might frame them up

I might frame them up more or less as arranged in photos and just find them super satisfying to look at--though they could definitely get dressed up and played with first

To my sensibility the perfect amount of strange

Second half of 19th century I would think

With a little research I found an exact match of this guy on First Dibs (listed by a Belgian seller at $450)--ridiculous

and a nice one to toss around

Inuit Carved Stone Otter Gripping Fish pale watercolor I might frame them upOne of two more Inuit carvings from a handful I bought last week, I believe all of which came from one collection, and to my eye a very good collection as I was tempted to buy many more. Not as frequent a subject as a seal or a bird or a figure, and I especially love the treatment of this otter's flipper like paws, especially the hind ones as they grip the rock he balances on, as if holding very tight with his tail doing the same from the back side. I