Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) jardiniere perhaps a record of its

perhaps a record of its owners rather than its maker

Boat rides and strange birds and an overnight hike

and fun read

and tassels to the left

11 3/4" l x 5 1/8" w x 2 1/4" t

Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) jardiniere perhaps a record of itsThis 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