Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, miniature structure just below that fabulous bowtie

just below that fabulous bowtie and in between the floating shirt buttons-- what a perfect distillation of the feel of a heart a'flutter in springtime

It still has some polish inside of it I believe

one can almost feel it sniffing out a scent

(A little bit Jenny Holzer-esque too

To me the writing (and paper) here looks c

Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, miniature structure just below that fabulous bowtieI 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