Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man 19th century map 9 3/4" tall x 8

9 3/4" tall x 8 3/4" wide x 1/2" deep

initialed A

13 3/4" w x 6 1/2" d x 13 3/4" t

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

but I think they're charming

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man 19th century map 9 3/4" tall x 8Such a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and