Featured Help with Inuit Soapstone Seal

Hello all,

Hoping @Mark London and @komokwa might help with the age and meaning of the notations on this seal. He is 9" long, not real fancy, but I think has some age and charm.







The first number appears to be 5-19149. The second, below the C in a circle, might be 1174 or 1474. Stray scratches make it hard to be sure. There appear to be some other intentional marks to the right of the number.

Thanks in advance.

 

i would say that was a date (1974) (under the c)

 

Possibly. Good suggestion.

 

© for copyright 1974
Artists/artisans may mark their handmade items that way to claim copyright (even if they cannot afford fees to register a copyright on each piece) and deter others from copying their work without permission.

 

I thought it might be copyright, but I have never seen it on an Inuit piece like this. Waiting to hear from Mark London.

 

na Si , u ni ..... the Inuit letters...... carvers name... but rings no bells..

the likely disc number..... should only have 4 numbers after the 5 - , so I can't find that either..
The 2 on the label , I think related to the co=op or community..............

so ya , let's wait for Mark !