Inuit Carved Stone Feasting Seal with Wonderful Flippers victorian egg charm head measures approx 4 3/4"

head measures approx 4 3/4" t x 3 3/4" w x 4" d

I am not certain the age on this but know that it was held in a family estate for many years

I’ve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late

created more than a hundred years prior (in 1898

such as on the end of the nose

Inuit Carved Stone Feasting Seal with Wonderful Flippers victorian egg charm head measures approx 4 3/4"A beautiful Inuit carving all the way around, of a seal, I believe, feasting on what I presume is a fish dinner. Sensitive carving of the paw like front flippers, and the wide back flippers curled flat against its body at the rear, and I really love the curve of the line where the seal's body meets the rock upon which it lays. Unusual and lovely. 6 1 8" w x 3 5 8" d x 2 5 8"" t and in very good condition, with some niece veining in the stone from