Inuit Carved Bone Sleigh and Polar Bear Scene

20th century, carved bone with pigment decoration, unsigned, carved as a 2-ft. long crescent form ice floe mounted with five sled dogs pulling a sled, on the heels of a fleeing polar bear.

2 1/2 x 24 x 3 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

Sled musher is missing; string harnesses with area of loss; natural discolorations and bone striations.