Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech which is about how old

which is about how old I'd guess this one is

and then two crosses on either side drawn over top

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with hand-done gold edging and lettering  and a curious ink drawn bear--who looks quite a bit frightened and very self-protective

unlabeled box (I think this is the original 1897 version) with a 1816 German coin inside

Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech which is about how oldMy photos do no justice to this one, much better in person, with a strong presence and a richness to the striated green stone that is not well conveyed here. At first I thought a woman, then I thought a man, but of course its always the mystery and multiplicity of aspects held in Inuit carvings like this that makes me love them so much. With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair, and a mouth slightly more open on one side than the other, as if