Help identifying soap stone sculpture

Hey there, im new here and was hoping this was a good place to figure out some items I have.

I found this soap stone sculpture and cannot find any info on it. The writing appears to say "EELIEYh(maybe lowercase n or h) 7571"

The writing is messy so its either EELIEYH 7571 or EELIFYN 7571 or any other combo. Tough to say and hard to get a clear photo of.

https://imgur.com/a/E9yqgSK

 

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Inuit stone carving.....but she's pretty beat up...

lets ask @Mark London

 

I will do this from now on, good to know

 

The base seems to have an obscured disc number. The disc numbers were assigned to the Inuit at a time when there were no surnames and Inuit lived a semi nomadic existence. They were issued medallions each beginning with the prefix E for eastern arctic or W for western arctic. Yours is scratched to the point where it is impossible to make out clearly. Sadly the piece is damaged beyond repair. I will look again when I’m in front of a large monitor to see if I can make out the number any better…

 

I casted some harsh light on it to give it more depth. Let me know if thats better

 

Now that im looking closer at it, it almost appears that there is an E or an F to the left of the first 7 but its scratched out

 

my eyes will not cooperate .......