Wonderful Old Inuit Carved Wood Figure in Hide Parka antique pick up sticks This lovely sculptural small vase

This lovely sculptural small vase is by the late master pottery John C

I'm really into the effects of degradation that can emerge on ambrotypes and daguerreotypes over time

Just for fun

which was stretched over a wood panel

Excepting missing arms

Wonderful Old Inuit Carved Wood Figure in Hide Parka antique pick up sticks This lovely sculptural small vaseWhat a face. And what a marvelously gestural body. This carved figure is definitely Inuit, I think likely Greenlandic, and I am sure once sat in a hide covered kayak, with his carved hands probably gripping carved wooden oars. The leather of his coat has aged and hardened in what I find a most beautiful way, to hold this sort of raised shoulder, dangling hands shrugging posture that feels full of character and full of life. I've looked at enough of