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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 7912000, member: 76316&quot;]6&quot; diameter, ~2 1/4&quot; high, ~3 oz. I think it&#039;s Alaskan, an&#039; it would have been my 1st choice to post it in Tribal Art...but they&#039;re not tribes in the ordinary sense of that term, as far as I know. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few of the odd things: it&#039;s not clear what the two creatures are...or whether the small one is part of a hunt (as a float), or? Then, the large one has some internals depicted; ribs &amp; spine, a stomach an&#039; the hint of an intestinal tract. Note the overlarge eye, a tongue, an&#039; spikes representing nostrils. Both of them have well defined twin flippers, rather than flukes as they would if they were whales. Also, what does the tapered circular feature with 29 alternating barbs an&#039; a tri-split end signify?</p><p><br /></p><p>The interior finish is uneven, heavy &amp; glossy in places, thin &amp; matte in others; the exterior is, similarly, an almost indifferently applied ochre wash up to about the rim-bead, then a heavier, opaque burnt-umber paint continuing into the interior rim.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like I&#039;m missing something important with this art, but just cannot connect to it. Please help, if you can. Thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424781[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424783[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424784[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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