Inuit Carved Soapstone Narwahl with Bone Tusk antique engraving sea polyps On its underside is the

On its underside is the remains of what I think was an old label

Originally used for holding cutlery

The cyanotype is dated June 19

just great lines and a fantastic patina

Only very light wear

Inuit Carved Soapstone Narwahl with Bone Tusk antique engraving sea polyps On its underside is theWhat a miraculous creature is the narwhal (or narwhale, or Unicorn of the Sea!), possessing a sense of the mythological, but real, found in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia. The spiraled tusk is actually an elongated tooth, which, almost exclusively in males, can can grow up to 10 feet long. It is most commonly a left tooth, but occasionally a right tusk develops too, giving some narwhal two tusks! I can't help but to think of