Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history they're in very good shape

they're in very good shape

you are also at risk of suffering a defeat

3 7/8" across at handle

and some flyaway hairs

Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history they're in very good shapeThis may be my favorite piece of Inuit sculpture I've owned, which is saying a lot, and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself. It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b. 1952) of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s. Stepson of the late carver and printmaker Martha Aptanik and stepbrother of the late sculptor Paul Toolooktook, Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often