Wonderful Inuit Carved Stone Janus Faced Sculpture wooden blocks on post apparently we have the FOE

apparently we have the FOE to thank for establishing Mother's Day as a holiday in the U

but I am pretty certain it is Chinese

Just as the box attests

seemingly endless library of old books

Wonderful Inuit Carved Stone Janus Faced Sculpture wooden blocks on post apparently we have the FOEThis I think is my favorite Inuit piece I've had in my possession bold, sensitive, a little awkward, mystical feeling, intense and very human. I'm drawn to Inuit pieces that hold multiple gestures or states of being in balance, and this Janus faced piece is literally double sided, with a skeletal shaped head with outlined eyes inverse to a smiling, contented looking one with horizontal slits across the eyes (resting? wearing snow goggles? all seeing?)