Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool Cameroon How not to love a

How not to love a creature like this

Rare to find one with the original wicker covered lid

chunky shoes

It measures 7 5/8" in diameter and 2 3/4" tall

with a nice warm patina to the brass

Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool Cameroon How not to love aThis may be my favorite piece of Inuit sculpture I've owned, which is saying a lot, and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself. It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b. 1952) of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s. Stepson of the late carver and printmaker Martha Aptanik and stepbrother of the late sculptor Paul Toolooktook, Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often