Featured Carved ALASKAN Stone Figurine - Eskimo Fisherman

Hey guys,

We have this little figurine we believe is an antique & an Alaskan depiction of a fisherman. If anyone has any idea on the stone used.. It is a natural stone, very cold to the touch but feels much harder than soapstone. Black stone from Alaska? The figurine measures 6.5" x 6" x 3", and weighs 3.5lbs. Thanks in advance!

 

gotta show the base for any artist markings !!!!
It's vintage...but not an antique....northern Canada Inuit carving.
Seal hunter....
The stone may be serpentine....& if you give a shout out to @Mark London ....he'll know it...stone cold !

 

Yep. Looks like he might possibly have been holding a bone or ivory spear.

 

he gutting a seal Steve.....I think a knife might be more in line...

 

Sure, I see it now.

 

I'd be guessing argilite or coal; the former is a black stone used by West Coast carvers. It's a flint of some kind. Black soapstone would work too, and this is one of those cases where if it's signed the name means more than the rock anyway.

 

not argillite....it's a shale that the Haida use.....and they carve under the banner of...Northwest Coast...

 

I have no idea what stone it's made of but I like it I found these but again the seller doesn't know what the stone is ...........http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-3-Al...e-and-2-bears-figurines-statues-/301735510862

 

the turtle is molded composite and the bears are southwest fetish carvings...

 

Oooh.. sorry

 

don't be.....u thought u had something.......now ya know !!