✅ SOLVED Please Help With Inuit Beaver Oil Bowl

[chadkeath]

Hi and thank you in advance for your thoughts and input on this. I am trying to find more information on this piece. It’s a nice old piece. Made of a stone pottery type material. Has wear from being used. On back looks like someone carved into it Beaver Oil Bowl Alaska and then another word. It is around 7.5 inches. Hoping someone may have some insight. Great piece.

 

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[unclemac]

Yes . I realize that. I was interjecting a bit of humor, something that is sorely lacking these day...you know....

....you know something... I am old enough to remember enemas, castor oil, activated charcoal, gentian violet, musterole and other cures too.... actually... that stuff worked.

 

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[releventchair]

I really haven't been taught that you could get oil from a beaver animal. Wouldn't it stand to reason that it would be more common knowledge at least in the 40+ population if this were true?

You under 40?

[ castoreum, provide the waterproof barrier which keeps the beaver's skin dry underwater. [114] [115] Castoreum is a strong smelling oily substance that is actually an attractant to many other animals. It is secreted by castor glands near the base of the tail. The beaver will comb its fur with its front feet, and two split nails on its hind feet to spread the oil over its whole body. [116] [117] Beavers also have a thick layer of fat beneath their skin, which provides insulation from freezing water during winter.]