Wonderful Inuit Carved Stone Janus Faced Sculpture wooden blocks on post and also a bit cartoon-y

and also a bit cartoon-y

16" long (the handle itself is 14 5/8" long)

but I am pretty certain it is Chinese

Just as the box attests

Wonderful Inuit Carved Stone Janus Faced Sculpture wooden blocks on post and also a bit cartoon-yThis I think is my favorite Inuit piece I've had in my possession bold, sensitive, a little awkward, mystical feeling, intense and very human. I'm drawn to Inuit pieces that hold multiple gestures or states of being in balance, and this Janus faced piece is literally double sided, with a skeletal shaped head with outlined eyes inverse to a smiling, contented looking one with horizontal slits across the eyes (resting? wearing snow goggles? all seeing?)