Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study I've recently fallen deeply in

I've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer-ware combining text and illustration

who in addition to pursuing his own art worked for Harpers magazine in New York

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especially on old metal things (I've included a photo of an arrangement of this and a couple of other recent finds that I just love together)

This 12 hole chromonic harmonica in the key of G features a sliding piece (at right)

Wonderfully Primitive Walrus Tusk Carved Animal, Presumed Bering Sea Inuit antique british floral study I've recently fallen deeply inPure love. This fabulous creature was carved from walrus tusk, I believe by an indigenous carver from the Bering Sea area. I found another of a very similar animal form in a very similar manner described as a fox (image included in photos) that one 19th century and described as carved by a shaman for a hunter to carry as as a sort of amulet or charm. It is the relative crudeness and immediacy of the carving that make it wonderful to me (and that face,