Wonderful Inuit Stone Carved Figure Carrying Bundle coin bank delicate condition

delicate condition

The bottom of her golden bikini is carved

with the people especially soulful--this wild eyed pink cheeked girl in her blue bonnet a perfect case in point

Blocks are 1 1/16"" cubed

Published by Oxford University Press in 1977

Wonderful Inuit Stone Carved Figure Carrying Bundle coin bank delicate conditionI believe this is a fairly old piece, and I think quite a wonderful one, with this stocky figure carrying something in his (I believe his) arms, which, though I am not completely certain, looks like the head of a seal, with two open eyes looking straight ahead and its nose pointing toward us. I love the very broad shoulders of the figure, and the silhouette created as the arms come together to meet under the chin (I think) of the head they hold, which