Inuit Eskimo Carved Tusk Standing Polar Bear Chicago artist 6 1/2" across at legs

6 1/2" across at legs

with some minor rusting around the edges

they are might heavy

I can just picture young Gordon Harkrader becoming so deeply immersed in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that he could not help but to make it his own

to the good I think

Inuit Eskimo Carved Tusk Standing Polar Bear Chicago artist 6 1/2" across at legsSuch a surprise and treat to find this one and a smaller companion the other dayAlaskan Inuit, carved of fossilized walrus tusk, and I believe with a fair bit of age to him. I really love the paws raised, standing position, revealing fat stripe of dentine straight down the length of the belly, and then with wonderful deeper coloration on the upper half of the back. Inked details for face and claws and red for the mouth. Mid 20th c. I believe.