Ultra Minimal, Ultra Smooth, Masterfully Carved Dark Green Stone Inuit Whale, Signed in Syllabics, 1990 victorian fan which I think would be

which I think would be really wonderful to live with

which suggests he or she was pretty proud of it

with terrific midnight blue hand-painted strips and circles against bright white body

I was glad to already know the satirical humor embedded in it

including the equal weight given to most everything (though the church looms large

Ultra Minimal, Ultra Smooth, Masterfully Carved Dark Green Stone Inuit Whale, Signed in Syllabics, 1990 victorian fan which I think would beThe Inuit artist who carved this whale seems to have had a very deep feeling for the stone itself, making exquisite use of its naturally occurring irregularities, which are sublimated through the spareness and smoothness of the carving. To my eye that ridge in the stone running diagonally from top center to bottom edge, showing near white along the edge, is an exceptionally beautiful thing, animating and lending a sense of both movement and