Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number hand lines I have not touched the

I have not touched the copper insert but imagine it would polish up if desired

)  Signed by an Ellie Acker

which I think only makes her better

no varnish over top

and then almost an exact 45 degree angle could be drawn from beak to tail

Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number hand lines I have not touched theMy photos do no justice to this one, much better in person, with a strong presence and a richness to the striated green stone that is not well conveyed here. At first I thought a woman, then I thought a man, but of course its always the mystery and multiplicity of aspects held in Inuit carvings like this that makes me love them so much. With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair, and a mouth slightly more open on one side than the other, as if