Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck marching band with a bit of graphite

with a bit of graphite visible around some of the cuts in the paper

charcoal drawing and folk art frame I think

Is the painting based upon the story

with its beauty deriving from its construction

Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck marching band with a bit of graphiteA striking vintage Inuit carving of substantial scale, the latter of which and its presence photos don't well capture. Its the long snake of the neck and shape of the head that really makes if for me, with a whole lot of life in those not quite smooth curves, and the bluntness of the beak, and the placement of the incised concentric circles of the eyes. Of a dark green stone with some veins in it that lend irregularity, all to the good. C. 1970s or