Wonderful Inuit Stone Carved Figure Carrying Bundle vintage tramp art box with a bit of roughness

with a bit of roughness to the left edge and scattered spotting/toning

and it should shine up some more

established as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1819

No chips or cracks

layered and tactile patchwork of odds and ends

Wonderful Inuit Stone Carved Figure Carrying Bundle vintage tramp art box with a bit of roughnessI believe this is a fairly old piece, and I think quite a wonderful one, with this stocky figure carrying something in his (I believe his) arms, which, though I am not completely certain, looks like the head of a seal, with two open eyes looking straight ahead and its nose pointing toward us. I love the very broad shoulders of the figure, and the silhouette created as the arms come together to meet under the chin (I think) of the head they hold, which