Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose Alice Nanogak this was my very favorite—perhaps

this was my very favorite—perhaps including for the fact that his light-filled modern home was also completely loaded with iconic mid-century furniture

I believe they were soda fired

great weight

executed in black ink on paper that I think was once much closer to white than it is today

Such a lovely paperweight

Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose Alice Nanogak this was my very favorite—perhapsAnother sweet handmade wooden animal to add the the menagerie. I really love the painting on this skinny penguin, plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose and then those tiny little feet, upon which it balances perfectly. Pretty great, and signed on the underside of one foot, with what appears to read Nak Nik (or possibly Mak Mik!) Great vintage condition. 4 3 8" tall x 1 1 2" wide x 2 3 4" deep (at nose!)