Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box gold and black pattern This carved wolf looks like

This carved wolf looks like quite a stalker

and long arching tails

and documented in detailed photo

Signed “Richard N

with a couple of small dings to the surface of the wood

Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box gold and black pattern This carved wolf looks likeReally a wonderful, and curious little box, which I am quite confident is Inuit, and carved of bone I would guess Caribou bone antler as it feels very similar materially to a couple of Inuit dolls I've had, carved of Caribou bone and joined with thread made from sinew (ivalu), which is how the carved lock (which looks rather like a rudder) is secured and held tight via a knot on the opposite side of the box. I am not quite sure the original function