Wonderful Large Inuit Soapstone Mythological Sedna (Woman-Fish Spirit), Signed in Syllabics hand-cut playing cards hand pointing to the corner

hand pointing to the corner of Lightwood Knot Road

10 13/16" x8 3/4" and in very good condition

Definitely well used

Box measures 5 7/8" l x 2 1/2" w x 1 1/2" t

Some scattered stains/light toning as there should be

Wonderful Large Inuit Soapstone Mythological Sedna (Woman-Fish Spirit), Signed in Syllabics hand-cut playing cards hand pointing to the cornerA wonderful vintage carved soapstone Inuit sculpture, unfolding in the round and winning from every perspective. I had interpreted it as a transformation creature, but a great customer suggested that it likely represents, and I am now quite sure she is right, Sedna a mythological young woman who, through a series of trails, from marriage to a man, who turned out to be a bird and held her captive, to the cutting off of her fingers by her father to free