I would be more concerned about what the rest of the blank looks like. All that crotch figure is ok in the butt. But the head and wrist should be straight grained.
As for the checks in the wood. The one side has a lot of fine checks and the obvious larger ones. Cracks like that are not all that uncommon in blanks with that type of figure. They can be filled. The thing to check is how deep those bigger ones are. They may work out to be smaller when shaping. Or they can get bigger.
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