vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual


vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual

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vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual:
$280.23


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ITEM TYPE:unusual Inuit carving, probablyof a seal or seal spirit ...Signed by noted eskimo carver Levi Smith (1927-1986) who was known for is imaginative depictions of native wildlife/spirits/transformations, etc...They capture the animals in a way that is not \"whisker for whisker\" realistic....but more the soul of an animal

MATERIAL: mottled stone

MAKER/MARKS: Has Canada Eskimo Art sticker on the bottom, and incised into the stone on the bottom is c74 Levi Smith, as well as an inventory number that is partially obscured by the sticker (but I don\'t wish to remove the sticker)... Appears to be _ _ 698, with the first two numbers being partially hidden by sticker.

DIMENSIONS: approx 3 1/2\" tall x 2 1/2\" x 3\"

CONDITION: very good, light shelf wear.

REMARKS: Almost 40 years old, by a noted carver who died in 1980s

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vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual:
$280.23

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