Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) antique treen spice box A charming little curiosity to

A charming little curiosity to have around

and super useful as a trivet on the dinner table or just for a cup of tea

and will send them

which is wonderfully strange

Calligraphic drawing also gave the accomplished scribe a means of showing his or her ability and gave penmanship masters a way to advertise their profession

Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) antique treen spice box A charming little curiosity toThis incredible carving shows some damage missing part of the tail (hard to know how long it once was), one inlaid eye (carved of baleen I believe) and with what I believe is a glued repair to the trunk about midway down, and perhaps something once extended from the mouth as well as the surface is rough there but what a fantastic creature nonetheless. What sort of creature I am not sure and have not found another quote like it; perhaps a mythological