The grizzly bear is a large predator that is different from black bears due to a distinctive hump on its shoulders. Grizzly bears have concave faces and long claws about the length of a human finger. Their coloration is usually darkish brown but can vary from very light cream to black. The long guard hairs on their backs and shoulders often have white tips and give the bears a "grizzled" appearance, hence the name "grizzly." The correct scientific name for the species is “brown bear”, but only coastal bears in Alaska and Canada are referred to as such, while inland bears and those found in the lower 48 states are called grizzly bears.

This grizzly bear scrimshaw work-of-art, carved by master scrimshander, Ray Caruso,  is on a fossilized walrus tusk ice ax and it is 6" X 2 1/4".   The tusk sits in a custom bracket atop a beautiful base made from Black Walnut.