Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, vintage doorstop Mid 19th c or so

Mid 19th c or so I would guess

that this one was made to live in a lady's chambers

and when you squeeze the handle

14 3/8 x 12 3/8 sight

just missing the toe of one foot

Wonderful Alaskan Inuit Carved Bone Creature with Serrated Jaws, vintage doorstop Mid 19th c or soI have had one other Inuit carved creature with a similar form to this one that one was antique and carved of Ivory, this one 20th century I believe and carved of bone, both Alaskan Inuit I am fairly certain. What is more challenging to determine for certain is the creature being represented. The treatment of the legs here, carved in low relief, curled around the body, I've found on a few other historic carvings, including one described (on good