Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed caddy The colored pencil used here

The colored pencil used here ranges from blue to purple to pink to red and while subtle is very readable

then a drawer with brass pull on the lower half

The details on this charming old painted wooden doorstop are just wonderful--from the hundreds of tiny black dots that detail lace patterns on her bonnet

all of which pack up to fit perfectly inside

Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed caddy The colored pencil used hereI have really fallen in love with this piece, which I find wonderfully direct, eternally mysterious, and deeply true. The more I look at it, the more of everything I find in this face. It is an Inuit carving and I know for certain dates at latest to the 1950s, as it has been held in collections since then. Substantial in size and weight and presence it is carved dark green soapstone which was polished to a high shine, but which contains some