Inuit Stone Transformation Carving with Three Faces antique cast iron fraternal horseshoe The drawings surely represent two

The drawings surely represent two different views of the same sculpture

especially in term of getting the color

who illustrated this wonderful “Tales from the Igloo

but now it makes perfect sense this would be the right tool for stirring and lifting clothes from washtubs

spool holder posts along both sides

Inuit Stone Transformation Carving with Three Faces antique cast iron fraternal horseshoe The drawings surely represent twoI love the immediacy of this Inuit carving, which would fall in to the genre of a a transformation carving, portraying a spiritual metamorphosis of human into animal, or between various animals. Transformations are a frequent feature of traditional Inuit stories from the era of nomadic life on the land in the arctic, and appear regularly in Inuit sculpture. Here the transformation appears to be occurring from both sides, with a human face at the