Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box gold and black pattern of which this one is

of which this one is emblematic

This carved wolf looks like quite a stalker

and documented in detailed photo

the more gravity I am finding in it--in this case including literally

13 1/8" l x 2" t x 1 1/2"

Wonderful Old Inuit Scrimshawed Bone Box gold and black pattern of which this one isReally a wonderful, and curious little box, which I am quite confident is Inuit, and carved of bone I would guess Caribou bone antler as it feels very similar materially to a couple of Inuit dolls I've had, carved of Caribou bone and joined with thread made from sinew (ivalu), which is how the carved lock (which looks rather like a rudder) is secured and held tight via a knot on the opposite side of the box. I am not quite sure the original function