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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 7009685, member: 78949"]Bakersgma is right, it is USSR made, the woman carries water in buckets. What I can add is that she is from some north Siberian republic - maybe Yakutia/Sakha or Chukotka. Her facial features are typical, also the dress. So most probably the figurine was made there and is indeed from walrus tusk. Some information about bone cutting in the Artctic or far North of Russian federation</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arctic-children.com/article/yarmarka-talantov/&ved=2ahUKEwjgjuuzic38AhXgQ_EDHfJPCJsQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mYmIQdg1iv0tEP9g2xG_D" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arctic-children.com/article/yarmarka-talantov/&ved=2ahUKEwjgjuuzic38AhXgQ_EDHfJPCJsQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mYmIQdg1iv0tEP9g2xG_D" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arctic-children.com/article/yarmarka-talantov/&ved=2ahUKEwjgjuuzic38AhXgQ_EDHfJPCJsQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mYmIQdg1iv0tEP9g2xG_D</a></p><p>B.t.w., the price is quite high for the Soviet standard, when most small appliances cost 1-2-3 rubles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 7009685, member: 78949"]Bakersgma is right, it is USSR made, the woman carries water in buckets. What I can add is that she is from some north Siberian republic - maybe Yakutia/Sakha or Chukotka. Her facial features are typical, also the dress. So most probably the figurine was made there and is indeed from walrus tusk. Some information about bone cutting in the Artctic or far North of Russian federation [URL]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arctic-children.com/article/yarmarka-talantov/&ved=2ahUKEwjgjuuzic38AhXgQ_EDHfJPCJsQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mYmIQdg1iv0tEP9g2xG_D[/URL] B.t.w., the price is quite high for the Soviet standard, when most small appliances cost 1-2-3 rubles.[/QUOTE]
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