Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl gift for art historian Made of thin cotton sack

Made of thin cotton sack cloth and early 20th century I believe

it was quite nicely carved

One on side are two holes-- blowing through the top one sets the hand-carved little wheel spinning

engaged in drawing the old woman

just inside

Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl gift for art historian Made of thin cotton sackI came upon a source of several nice vintage Inuit stone carvings of animals this week this owl is the first of several I will be listing. As with many of my favorite Inuit pieces, it is the conveyance of great expressiveness through minimal means that I think makes this owl especially beautiful, and the green gray stone with dark veins is just right. Great spare form (this owl feels rather Brutalist to me in the best of ways), with just a suggestion