Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, black red green Good old used condition

Good old used condition

which I believe is where they originated

original brass liner

for their indexical nature

Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, black red green Good old used conditionI have had one other Inuit carved creature with a similar form to this one that one was antique and carved of Ivory, this one 20th century I believe and carved of bone, both Alaskan Inuit I am fairly certain. What is more challenging to determine for certain is the creature being represented. The treatment of the legs here, carved in low relief, curled around the body, I've found on a few other historic carvings, including one described (on good