Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed Wilson Novelty Company which are shot at 2x

which are shot at 2x magnification as the crack is difficult to see without magnification

with an opening of 3" in diameter

and “Precious and Other Stones Used in Jewelry”

especially ones with moving parts

Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed Wilson Novelty Company which are shot at 2xI 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