Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) toy skittles One finger fits inside the

One finger fits inside the head

with arms sturdily attached and no notable chips

on their chests

I must say this large one is my favorite--Japanese I believe

with a little splitting at upper left

Amazing Alaskan Inuit Scrimshawed Creature with Tiny Legs (and Some Losses) toy skittles One finger fits inside theThis incredible carving shows some damage missing part of the tail (hard to know how long it once was), one inlaid eye (carved of baleen I believe) and with what I believe is a glued repair to the trunk about midway down, and perhaps something once extended from the mouth as well as the surface is rough there but what a fantastic creature nonetheless. What sort of creature I am not sure and have not found another quote like it; perhaps a mythological