Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech produced by Joseph Ward of

produced by Joseph Ward of Boston

I find these old turned and colorfully dyed wooden spindles

making them to my eye and ideal duo

unlabeled box (I think this is the original 1897 version) with a 1816 German coin inside

which just sort of dangles

Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech produced by Joseph Ward ofMy 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