Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl drawing on wood panel a bit like an all

a bit like an all seeing eye

instead filling the pages with names and scribbles and bits of this or that

but I love it all the more for the wear and mellowing

Based on the checkers inside

When I saw this beautiful paperweight

Wonderfully Primitive Inuit Stone Carved Owl drawing on wood panel a bit like an allI came upon a source of several nice vintage Inuit stone carvings of animals this week this owl is the first of several I will be listing. As with many of my favorite Inuit pieces, it is the conveyance of great expressiveness through minimal means that I think makes this owl especially beautiful, and the green gray stone with dark veins is just right. Great spare form (this owl feels rather Brutalist to me in the best of ways), with just a suggestion