Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl gift for art historian One on side are two

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

) I purchased them from a seller who found them at an estate sale in Alabama but don't know who made them

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

engaged in drawing the old woman

Not a flaw anywhere on it that I can see

Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl gift for art historian One on side are twoI 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