Interesting Old Ball in Cage Whimsy Cube with Diamond Cutouts eskimo art Framed: 16 3/4" x 20

Framed: 16 3/4" x  20 3/4" x  5/8"

I've fallen in love with the work of Alice Nanogak through seeing pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

/ Don't Underestimate the Psychological Value of this Do-Nothing

There are a couple of small chips around the lip of the lid

Interesting Old Ball in Cage Whimsy Cube with Diamond Cutouts eskimo art Framed: 16 3/4" x 20An unusual whimsy, and a bit of a mysterious one, with just these little diamond shaped windows revealing the pointed tips of the form inside, which does seems free from the "cage" but forever tightly trapped! Quite a compelling little carving, I think, and a nice addition to a whimsey collection. I believe this is quite an old one, perhaps late 19th or very early 20th c. There is a bit of hairline cracking on two adjacent sides, not visible depending