Inuit Carved Soapstone Narwahl with Bone Tusk handmade shelf but still bright and shiny

but still bright and shiny and in great shape

The wood framing is in very good condition

Inside are two very nice lacquer trays with tiered bottoms

A bit like tinker toys

I found her at a wonderful estate sale chock full of mid-century and contemporary ceramics

Inuit Carved Soapstone Narwahl with Bone Tusk handmade shelf but still bright and shinyWhat a miraculous creature is the narwhal (or narwhale, or Unicorn of the Sea!), possessing a sense of the mythological, but real, found in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia. The spiraled tusk is actually an elongated tooth, which, almost exclusively in males, can can grow up to 10 feet long. It is most commonly a left tooth, but occasionally a right tusk develops too, giving some narwhal two tusks! I can't help but to think of