Hunter's Catch

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Here Apatiki does a unique variation of his standard spotted seal, showing several of them gracefully entwined. He uses the natural curve of the tusk to enhance implied motion of the piece.  The viewer is compelled to look at it from multiple directions as all sides of the piece holds a wealth of detail.  The ivory seals are inlaid with baleen and attached to a whale bone base with baleen whale fluke accents.