1920s Greenich Village Nude Letter Opener white glazed This multi-piece fossilized whalebone and

This multi-piece fossilized whalebone and tusk Inuit carving is described as from Nuayat on the underside of its base

with the paint

wood is 1/4" thick

This beautiful example

iconic to arts and crafts pottery of the earlyish 20th century

1920s Greenich Village Nude Letter Opener white glazed This multi-piece fossilized whalebone andMaybe just a little thing, but I love the thought that this was made in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, as signed on reverse transporting one, at least in one's imagination, to a very different time in the life a once very bohemian place, of which the loosely hand drawn nude on the front feel like an apt and spirited embodiment. I really like this. 10 1 4" l x 1 1 4" w, good condition, great patina.