Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech and then two crosses on

and then two crosses on either side drawn over top

I find these old turned and colorfully dyed wooden spindles

awkward but eager

produced by Joseph Ward of Boston

Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech and then two crosses onMy photos do no justice to this one, much better in person, with a strong presence and a richness to the striated green stone that is not well conveyed here. At first I thought a woman, then I thought a man, but of course its always the mystery and multiplicity of aspects held in Inuit carvings like this that makes me love them so much. With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair, and a mouth slightly more open on one side than the other, as if