Inuit Carved Antler Bird on Stone Base watch holder a smiley face

a smiley face

which feels straight from a German Expressionist woodblock print

I think photos don't quite do justice to this one

6 1/4" tall (not including fringe) x 4" wide and in excellent

Inuit Carved Antler Bird on Stone Base watch holder a smiley faceI went back to the source from whom I recently purchased another Alaskan Inuit bird carved of antler and found this one, which looks to me to represent a goose. I love the lines of it, and the natural darkening in the bone, and the roundedness of the head in contrast to the point of the tail. Two eyes were simply carved out, once blackened but most of the black now gone. The base is a thin, triangularly shaped slab of a slate like stone, which it