Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck marching band above the Arctic Circle

above the Arctic Circle

charcoal drawing and folk art frame I think

And all the better for being juxtaposed with a very visceral battle scene playing out in the opposite direction

with its beauty deriving from its construction

Is the painting based upon the story

Large Inuit Carved Bird with Wonderfully Snaking Neck marching band above the Arctic CircleA striking vintage Inuit carving of substantial scale, the latter of which and its presence photos don't well capture. Its the long snake of the neck and shape of the head that really makes if for me, with a whole lot of life in those not quite smooth curves, and the bluntness of the beak, and the placement of the incised concentric circles of the eyes. Of a dark green stone with some veins in it that lend irregularity, all to the good. C. 1970s or