Wonderful Old Inuit Carved Wood Figure in Hide Parka antique pick up sticks or just as a another

or just as a another great little object to set somewhere

and could go on playing with them well into the new year

My guess is that it is French or English

This lovely sculptural small vase is by the late master pottery John C

Wonderful Old Inuit Carved Wood Figure in Hide Parka antique pick up sticks or just as a anotherWhat a face. And what a marvelously gestural body. This carved figure is definitely Inuit, I think likely Greenlandic, and I am sure once sat in a hide covered kayak, with his carved hands probably gripping carved wooden oars. The leather of his coat has aged and hardened in what I find a most beautiful way, to hold this sort of raised shoulder, dangling hands shrugging posture that feels full of character and full of life. I've looked at enough of