Woman with Long Braids, Vintage Inuit Carved Soapstone Figure, Signed in Syllabics wax resist and in any event are

and in any event are pretty minor

I'm fairly obsessed with 19th century American needlepoints executed in hand-dyed homespun wool that are just pure pattern--they feel so crisp and modern to me

I don't know who made these architectural building blocks or precisely when

I will never tire of antique folk art watercolors of flowers--largely painted by women and a lot about close looking

in wonderful and evocative combinations

Woman with Long Braids, Vintage Inuit Carved Soapstone Figure, Signed in Syllabics wax resist and in any event areSmall but powerful, this woman reminds me a bit of a figurehead on a ship, facing fiercely (and fearlessly) into the wind, shoulders squared, with wonderful long braids trailing down her back. Beautiful all the way around, carved of dark green stone, signed in syllabics accompanied by a disc number on the underside. With a calming presence that outweighs her size. I want to channel her. 3" t x 2 1 2" w x 2 3 4". (My novice translation of the syllabics