Delicately Carved and Painted Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Figure miniature sampler how brilliant

how brilliant

or a surrealist object

I especially love the hearts in the bottom corners and crowns just above them

over a threshold or anywhere

I really love the honesty and directness of these

Delicately Carved and Painted Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Figure miniature sampler how brilliantThe great care invested in painting the clothing on this small carved figure moves me to no end, especially the fantastically beautiful patterning representing a traditional Greenland Inuit beaded collar. (I am including a photo of another doll with gorgeous hand sewn costume for reference, which the elaborate coloring on this one echoes very closely.) I cant find another example of a painted wooden figure quite like this one out thereI am sure made