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Inuit Ivory Bear Salt and Pepper Shakers
Inuit carved ivory polar bear salt and pepper shakers with baleen embellishments. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: Mid 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Inuit, Native American
SIZE: 2"H x 1 1/4"W
Inuit carved ivory polar bear salt and pepper shakers with baleen embellishments. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: Mid 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Inuit, Native American
SIZE: 2"H x 1 1/4"W
$550.00
Inuit Ivory Bear Salt and Pepper Shakers—
$550.00
Description
Inuit carved ivory polar bear salt and pepper shakers with baleen embellishments. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: Mid 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Inuit, Native American
SIZE: 2"H x 1 1/4"W
