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vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual
vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual

vintage INUIT CARVING seal Canada Eskimo Art SIGNED LEVI SMITH unusual

$ 147.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Tribal Affiliation: Innuit
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Country of Manufacture: Canada
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: very good, light shelf wear. a vintage piece by a deceased artist
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Artisan: Levi Smith

    Description

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    ITEM TYPE
    : unusual Inuit carving, probably of a seal or seal spirit ...Signed by noted eskimo carver Levi Smith (1927-1986) who was known for is
    imaginative
    depictions of native wildlife/spirits/transformations, etc...They capture the animals in a way that is not "whisker for whisker" realistic....but more the soul of an animal
    MATERIAL
    : mottled stone
    MAKER/MARKS
    : Has Canada Eskimo Art sticker on the bottom, and incised into the stone on the bottom is c 74 Levi Smith, as well as an inventory number that is partially obscured by the sticker (but I don't wish to remove the sticker)... Appears to be _ _ 698, with the first two numbers being partially hidden by sticker.
    DIMENSIONS
    : approx 3 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" x 3"
    CONDITION
    :  very good, light shelf wear.
    REMARKS
    : Almost 40 years old, by a noted carver who died in 1980s
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