Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection I've come across a few

I've come across a few of these little barrel-shaped boxes and snatch them up whenever I can

boxes inside of boxes on top of boxes and so on

The coasters are in very good condition

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

I have seen images of orange vessels just like these topped with highly stylized pointy lids ending in exaggerated bulbous tips

Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection I've come across a fewHow much I love this seal! At least I think it is a seal; it is possible it is a sea lion, or even a tusk less walrus. Beautifully carved of what I believe is a green soapstone, with a polished, smooth surface, he's got incised round eyes and incised dots for whiskers, with wonderfully shaped front and back flippers. I especially love him from the top view, with his great elongated body seeming poised and ready to take off swimming! The seal is