Eskimo Ivory Gavel

Alaska
H. 7 ¾", Gavel head is L. 3 ½" x  W. 1 ¾" x H. 1"

Exceptionally detailed and artistically fine scrimshaw. One side has a biting bear supping on a slippery seal sliding into the sea. The other side has a Happy Hunter harpooning a hapless wailing walrus.