Inuit Carved Stone Reclining Figure latched metal box and I love the triangular

and I love the triangular orange pointing fingernail

but am pretty certain she is quite old

I would guess early 20th century

There is a nice warm patina to the grass

Inuit Carved Stone Reclining Figure latched metal box and I love the triangularI've written before that my favorite Inuit sculptures possess an internal tension, holding apparently competing instincts or states of being in balance. I also tend to love those that more "primitive" than highly refined. Both hold true with this figure, whose posture is everything three quarters reclining, as if at rest, but certainly flexing one's core muscles to hold there! The profile created is of four gently curving steps, and the view from