Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed caddy Overall excellent condition

Overall excellent condition

native to Southeast Asia

And then inside

The details on this charming old painted wooden doorstop are just wonderful--from the hundreds of tiny black dots that detail lace patterns on her bonnet

most likely buffalo skin

Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed caddy Overall excellent conditionI have really fallen in love with this piece, which I find wonderfully direct, eternally mysterious, and deeply true. The more I look at it, the more of everything I find in this face. It is an Inuit carving and I know for certain dates at latest to the 1950s, as it has been held in collections since then. Substantial in size and weight and presence it is carved dark green soapstone which was polished to a high shine, but which contains some