Inuit Small Carved Caribou Antler Doll folk art bird cage some spotting around the edges

some spotting around the edges and surface rusting to the metal back

I can't read more than a few words of German

I think this piece probably dates from the 1990s or so

which its owner (a Boston based gallerist) kindly mended

lamp caskets etc

Inuit Small Carved Caribou Antler Doll folk art bird cage some spotting around the edgesSince I first learned of the existence of these little Inuit dolls, I've kept an eye out for one I think they are really evocative objects, which I also understand were seen as good luck talisman. This one I know dates to at latest the 1960s and I believe is carved from caribou antler, with sinew attaching the moveable arms and legs. It is small about 4 1 2 inches head to toe, and 1 1 4 inches wide and takes a bit of balancing to get to sit up on its