Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome The tag still attached to

The tag still attached to this carving when I purchased it identifies it as being the work of Daniel Weetaluktuk (1951-1984)

The person I purchased this from described him as a little lamb

standing straight and sturdy

from the Marbles

6 13/16" x 1 15/16" x 7/8"

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome The tag still attached toI'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind