Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders coil pot looking a bit startled

looking a bit startled

including a note of reprimand: "cahier malpropre

and maybe had a weighted rope or at the other end allowing one to swing it round

one small block penciled lightly with a window to more or less mimic the others

which shows a bit of loss to the black lacquered finish along the very

Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders coil pot looking a bit startledAt one point this small carved, articulated Greenland Inuit figure surely wore a traditional hide fur parka and pants, but those are long gone. All the better, though, to see the carefully pegged joints and sinew tied shoulders! I've bought and sold a few larger old Inuit wooden dolls over the last number of years, among my favorite things in the world, but don't believe I've see such a diminutive fully jointed one as this before. C. 1920s so I would