Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech unlabeled box (I think this

unlabeled box (I think this is the original 1897 version) with a 1816 German coin inside

making them to my eye and ideal duo

which just sort of dangles

with hand-done gold edging and lettering  and a curious ink drawn bear--who looks quite a bit frightened and very self-protective

Wonderful Inuit Carved Green Stone Head, Signed with Disc Number czech unlabeled box (I think thisMy photos do no justice to this one, much better in person, with a strong presence and a richness to the striated green stone that is not well conveyed here. At first I thought a woman, then I thought a man, but of course its always the mystery and multiplicity of aspects held in Inuit carvings like this that makes me love them so much. With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair, and a mouth slightly more open on one side than the other, as if