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A TLINGIT WOOD TOBACCO MORTAR
oval-shaped with handle on one end, carved with two bear profiles converging in pun-like fashion to form a larger bear with face frontal, formline elements and bear claws on the sides, each surmounted by a killer whale, the handle, of semi-circular section, with carved rings and formline detail, aged brown patina
Length: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.)
oval-shaped with handle on one end, carved with two bear profiles converging in pun-like fashion to form a larger bear with face frontal, formline elements and bear claws on the sides, each surmounted by a killer whale, the handle, of semi-circular section, with carved rings and formline detail, aged brown patina
Length: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.)