Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing Quite some carving skills they

Quite some carving skills they had

then sliding the lid over

So civilized--and liberating in being able to mix one's own loose teas

3 1/4" x 2 3/16"

(Carved base measures 7 1/8")

Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing Quite some carving skills theyI find this miniature sled deeply beautiful, with an elegance of construction and purity of form that feels akin to the pencil box in old blue paint also listed today small perfect things. It is an early 20th century Inuit model of a qamutiik (or komatik) sled, made for the tourist trade. This type of short flat "mushing" sled, constructed by attaching cross slats to two parallel boards, was used for hunting, and would traditionally have been pulled