Inuit Stone Carved Loon celadon vase and wonderfully tell the story

and wonderfully tell the story of their construction from scraps of wood and and bits of woven trim for their hangers

and surely was part of some larger thing

Forgive me

with just very light wear

Inuit Stone Carved Loon celadon vase and wonderfully tell the storyI find this loon (I believe it is) tremendously satisfying, with its elegant, smoothly carved body offset by its elongated, slightly hooking, more primitively carved head and beak in the most perfect, empathy inducing way. Making it even better is the maker's use of the natural coloration of the stone (soapstone I believe), such that one half of the loon is more of dark gray green, and the other a lighter green brown, changing just about right down