Double-sided Inuit Soapstone Carving with Figures and Eagle game night "Be Prepared

"Be Prepared

though I think it would also read like pure  sculpture if hung 60 inches center on a white gallery wall

I suppose we'll never know

which resulted in terrific details on the faces and bodies of the figures and the widely branching trees

and lovely border wreath of pink and yellow pansies--all as bright and beautiful as if made yesterday

Double-sided Inuit Soapstone Carving with Figures and Eagle game night "Be PreparedI may especially love this Inuit piece because the expressions and postures of the two figures remind me EXACTLY of photographs of my older brother and I playing in the snow when we are kids! But I think I'd find it wonderful regardless, for the details on their parkas and pants in addition to those great faces, and also for the way their are cropped and lean a little right, as if trying to match the angle of the stone. And on reverse, a lovely bird,