Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck tramp art textile and excellent presence

and excellent presence

The pegs are solid metal

it served as a large (general store sized) match safe

who fought each other for the world title in 1930

Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck tramp art textile and excellent presenceA striking vintage Inuit carving of substantial scale, the latter of which and its presence photos don't well capture. Its the long snake of the neck and shape of the head that really makes if for me, with a whole lot of life in those not quite smooth curves, and the bluntness of the beak, and the placement of the incised concentric circles of the eyes. Of a dark green stone with some veins in it that lend irregularity, all to the good. C. 1970s or