Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool letterpress print block This curious thing

This curious thing

holding a flower the same very bright red as her lipstick in the other--making these

but I personally don't mind at all seeing the wear and edges on something like this

Quite a wonderful thing

Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool letterpress print block This curious thingThis may be my favorite piece of Inuit sculpture I've owned, which is saying a lot, and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself. It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b. 1952) of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s. Stepson of the late carver and printmaker Martha Aptanik and stepbrother of the late sculptor Paul Toolooktook, Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often