Alaskan Inuit Carved Tusk Polar Bear Salt and Pepper Shakers antique color plate points to old construction

points to old construction

or hang it from the ceiling in front of your yoga mat to provide a focus point

it is somewhat clearer in person)

and who doesn't need more of that

I fear--I find myself treating it as I do fruit at the grocery store

Alaskan Inuit Carved Tusk Polar Bear Salt and Pepper Shakers antique color plate points to old constructionI've had a couple of Alaskan Inuit polar bears carved of walrus tusk, but never a shaker, or two! I found these at Brimfield, and of course it's the faces I couldn't resist, with carefully carved teeth inside those red painted open mouths. The holes appear pretty much the same between the two of them, so perhaps both are salts, or peppers (it does look like one at least has held pepper); the bottoms easily twist off the threaded bases so one could