Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box nid-century modern design red and blue--are saturated and

red and blue--are saturated and really almost jewel like

Done on lined paper

it almost seems like hematite

screaming as it does

I like the stain on this one too

Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box nid-century modern design red and blue--are saturated andReally 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