Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders British Fig: 2 3/4” t x

Fig: 2 3/4” t x 2 1/2” wide

and had been part of the same booklet

from the clay to the shapes to the glazing

This set was designed to illustrate the concept of the cube root (a cube root of a number x is a number y such that y3 = x) by breaking the cube into fractional segments

British I believe

Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders British Fig: 2 3/4” t xAt one point this small carved, articulated Greenland Inuit figure surely wore a traditional hide fur parka and pants, but those are long gone. All the better, though, to see the carefully pegged joints and sinew tied shoulders! I've bought and sold a few larger old Inuit wooden dolls over the last number of years, among my favorite things in the world, but don't believe I've see such a diminutive fully jointed one as this before. C. 1920s so I would