Measures 2 1/8” X 7/8”
Alaskan Inuit carved Billikens with their favorite medium out of walrus ivory, much of it thousands of years old, but can also be made from moose antler, jade, caribou antler, stellar sea cow rib bone, and soapstone. I’m unsure of the composition of this Billiken. This is a known as a good luck charm.
Signed by the artist TZ.
Rub his tummy, tickle his toes, good luck follows wherever he goes. As a blues chaser he''s a honey, for good luck, just rub his tummy."
Alaskan Inuit carved Billikens with their favorite medium out of walrus ivory, much of it thousands of years old, but can also be made from moose antler, jade, caribou antler, stellar sea cow rib bone, and soapstone. I’m unsure of the composition of this Billiken. This is a known as a good luck charm.
Signed by the artist TZ.
Rub his tummy, tickle his toes, good luck follows wherever he goes. As a blues chaser he''s a honey, for good luck, just rub his tummy."
