Inuit Carved Wood Sea Lion Bookends with Bared Teeth, a Pair porcelain boxes It is a very old

It is a very old one

" I might display them with a mix of the best of the fronts and best of the backs showing

" though pretty great anywhere

mostly in one area on the right side lower edge of the front

with a nice round handle

Inuit Carved Wood Sea Lion Bookends with Bared Teeth, a Pair porcelain boxes It is a very oldLove at first sight with these two, which I believe are Inuit, probably Alaskan, and I'd guess 1940s or so. The mounting of the the carved sea lions (I am pretty sure sea lions rather than seals) to bookend type platforms seems a bit of an afterthought (they're not heavy enough to be very effective bookends, and the nails attaching the carvings to their platforms have some wiggle) but what marvelous and very charming creatures, most especially the