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INUIT WHALE BONE WALRUS SCULPTURE

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CANADIAN INUIT SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) CARVED MARINE BONE (LIKELY WHALE BONE) SCULPTURE OF A SWIMMING WALRUS NATURALISTICALLY WORKED UTILIZING THE HIGHLY CANCELLOUS (POROUS) AND TRABECULAR TEXTURE OF THE BONE TO SIMULATE THE CREATURE'S ROUGH SKIN AND BLUBBER FEATURING INSET CARVED MARINE IVORY TUSKS TO THE SNOUT THE FIGURE BALANCED ON AN INTEGRAL OR ATTACHED DARK…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Item description:

CANADIAN INUIT SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)
CARVED MARINE BONE (LIKELY WHALE BONE) SCULPTURE OF A SWIMMING WALRUS
NATURALISTICALLY WORKED UTILIZING THE HIGHLY CANCELLOUS (POROUS) AND TRABECULAR TEXTURE OF THE BONE TO SIMULATE THE CREATURE'S ROUGH SKIN AND BLUBBER
FEATURING INSET CARVED MARINE IVORY TUSKS TO THE SNOUT
THE FIGURE BALANCED ON AN INTEGRAL OR ATTACHED DARK HARDSTONE DISPLAY BASE
APPROX. 14 IN LONG, 6 IN HIGH OVERALL