Inuit Carved Wood Sea Lion Bookends with Bared Teeth, a Pair wooden duck decoy which originally housed an emergency

which originally housed an emergency bulb and fuse kit

and bring them back to the pottery for a final firing

and suits it just right

Someone clearly loved this a lot

which I believe translates as "egg cup"--a bit elusive

Inuit Carved Wood Sea Lion Bookends with Bared Teeth, a Pair wooden duck decoy which originally housed an emergencyLove at first sight with these two, which I believe are Inuit, probably Alaskan, and I'd guess 1940s or so. The mounting of the the carved sea lions (I am pretty sure sea lions rather than seals) to bookend type platforms seems a bit of an afterthought (they're not heavy enough to be very effective bookends, and the nails attaching the carvings to their platforms have some wiggle) but what marvelous and very charming creatures, most especially the