Description
Alaskan artist created this carving out of a single piece of Walrus tusk ivory. He made it during an alaskan "long night". He gave it to Earnie Bohier as a friendship gift. According to Eskimo tradition a friendship gift obligates the reciever to be responsible for the safety and well being of the giver. Earnie left the gift in his will to my father George Austin now 94 years old. It has beautiful scrimshaw on both the top and bottom and has a compartment to hold the pegs.
