Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck fretwork mirror Inspiration perhaps for a Victorian-themed

Inspiration perhaps for a Victorian-themed games night (or zoom party)

would be part of the Union

and a note about the drawing: "watermarked / Meeteer

it came with several "match strips" dating from the period

which I think I'd frame just as shown

Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck fretwork mirror Inspiration perhaps for a Victorian-themedA striking vintage Inuit carving of substantial scale, the latter of which and its presence photos don't well capture. Its the long snake of the neck and shape of the head that really makes if for me, with a whole lot of life in those not quite smooth curves, and the bluntness of the beak, and the placement of the incised concentric circles of the eyes. Of a dark green stone with some veins in it that lend irregularity, all to the good. C. 1970s or