Beautiful, Sensitively Carved Wooden Bust, Presumed Native American or Inuit figure eights tan and cream calico

tan and cream calico

Phillips Collection

This one is especially playful with one tiger leaning on the back of the other and a little bird perched on each of their heads

sweetly noting that this is a tricky one

with a little hole near the top for hanging

Beautiful, Sensitively Carved Wooden Bust, Presumed Native American or Inuit figure eights tan and cream calicoLove at first sight with this one she called to me loudly through the glass of the locked case of a dealer based in New Hampshire and there was no way I could walk away. Just a beautifully executed, super sensitive carving I think, wonderful from every angle and down to every detail. (The carving of her hair, especially where the lines of one section cross over top of the section that frames her face, just breaks my heart.) Indigenous American I am