SOLD Inuit Soapstone Figure with Wonderful Face and Inlaid Eyes (Repairs to Feet) coral it is the more naive

it is the more naive and personally expressive examples that attract me

12" x 9 1/8"

for Visitors Parking and Open House/Auction that I found along with it

I love them together and would probably use them as planters--the taller for something leafy and the low one for a few succulents

6 3/4" x 4"

SOLD Inuit Soapstone Figure with Wonderful Face and Inlaid Eyes (Repairs to Feet) coral it is the more naiveThe whites of the eyes on the face of this fellow lend him a wonderful intensity I think, and as he surely once held tools in his hands, likely a harpoon in one, and or a string with fish, I might guess he was staring wide eyed at his catch. Object less now, I love the ambiguity of his pose, as if he might be holding up anything with a combination of pride and awe and reverence. It appears that his feet were re glued to the base at some point, but