Inuit Stone Transformation Carving with Three Faces antique cast iron fraternal horseshoe with stair step-pattern details in

with stair step-pattern details in a very dark brown

there is a bit of darkening to the white mat and one could easily re-mat and/or reframe it

who made it their own by turning it upside down

who illustrated this wonderful “Tales from the Igloo

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Inuit Stone Transformation Carving with Three Faces antique cast iron fraternal horseshoe with stair step-pattern details inI love the immediacy of this Inuit carving, which would fall in to the genre of a a transformation carving, portraying a spiritual metamorphosis of human into animal, or between various animals. Transformations are a frequent feature of traditional Inuit stories from the era of nomadic life on the land in the arctic, and appear regularly in Inuit sculpture. Here the transformation appears to be occurring from both sides, with a human face at the