Elegant Inuit Black Stone Carved Owl Karin og Aase ceramic with some small scrapes and

with some small scrapes and tiny dings and little darkening here and there

which gives a further sense of "Morn" as emerging from the night--and also making for an easy way to hang it

which feels a little bit Etruscan and a little bit Scandinavian

and with a little research I confirmed it is early Zanesville

which I suppose would allow one to hang it around one's neck

Elegant Inuit Black Stone Carved Owl Karin og Aase ceramic with some small scrapes andI'm sure this Inuit carving, with its crooked beak, represents an owl, but is a fairly unusual one from what I've found in its minimalism, feeling quite like a modernist sculpture. Very striking I think, with a really strong presence. 4 3 4 t x 5 1 4 long measured on the square; 1 lb 6 oz. Signed (incised) in syllabics with a disc number on the underside. Very good condition, with a few flaws in the stone, which appear native to it.