Inuit Small Carved Caribou Antler Doll functional gifts Bisque with graphic black details

Bisque with graphic black details as well as a faint orange stain on its beak and webbed feet

Yonkers as the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions from 1970-1973 and taught drawing and painting in various New York studios from 1964-1990

where I think it had just been delivered

and from which some of the brown paint has worn off

glow even more with a lit candle inside

Inuit Small Carved Caribou Antler Doll functional gifts Bisque with graphic black detailsSince I first learned of the existence of these little Inuit dolls, I've kept an eye out for one I think they are really evocative objects, which I also understand were seen as good luck talisman. This one I know dates to at latest the 1960s and I believe is carved from caribou antler, with sinew attaching the moveable arms and legs. It is small about 4 1 2 inches head to toe, and 1 1 4 inches wide and takes a bit of balancing to get to sit up on its