SOLD Unusual Older Inuit Carved Articulated Figure with Sad Face and Sinew Joints for plants that would be it

that would be it

From looking at lots of other snuff bottles in trying to figure this one out

The black painted border is structurally a frame around the sign panel

certainly done by the same person long ago

SOLD Unusual Older Inuit Carved Articulated Figure with Sad Face and Sinew Joints for plants that would be itI am quite confident this carved articulated figure is Inuit the face tells me that, but then the sinew tied joints confirm it (and the detail of those sinew joints at the hips is especially finely done, with carved wooden pegs to either side, holding it tight see detail photos.) In my experience it is quite rare to find a carved Inuit figure of this scale, constructed in a very similar to a jig figure, down to those large, flat feet (but no hole for