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Native American / First Nations, Northwestern United States or Canada, Inuit, ca. mid-20th to 21st century CE. A charming pair of hand carved serpentine and soapstone seal and walrus figurines. The largest is a mottled lime colored serpentine with separate walrus ivory tusks that insert into drilled holes on the jaw. The underside is signed in Inuktitut syllabics and dated "2008." The other seal is carved from a dark soapstone and signed on the base in Inuktitut with some numbers that may be a disc number. Size of walrus: 5.75" L x 2" W x 2.75" H (14.6 cm x 5.1 cm x 7 cm)

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of walrus ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Please note this may falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Studio City, California, USA collection

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#180476

  • Condition: Minor surface nicks on both, and chip to front flipper of dark stone seal, otherwise both are intact. Signed on the bases.

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