Striking Large Inuit Carved Soapstone Sculpture of Kneeling Girl with Braid wooden ramp walker Hand-written atop the deeply carved

Hand-written atop the deeply carved base is "Rio de Janeiro

The dye has run in a few places

and very finely made

The box shows plenty of wear

in large part because of what this young woman is holding in her hand: a molded and painted mesh mask very much like several I’ve had in the shop

Striking Large Inuit Carved Soapstone Sculpture of Kneeling Girl with Braid wooden ramp walker Hand-written atop the deeply carvedLOVE. I am not sure if this wonderful kneeling girl with long braid down her back is packing a block of snow or enraged in some other task, but this is about my favorite Inuit carving I've ever seen. My guess is that it comes from the Baker Lake region of the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada, based on stylistic similarities to other pieces I've seen, and I think it has a good amount of age. I just love its immediacy and directness and