Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Small sculpture of hooded hunter's head and jagged rocks. Finely carved white stone face is inside a black stone hood with etched lines showing fur around face. The hood ends in a pointed tip at top and off to one side at the bottom edge. The carved head is situated over a marbled white stone base with rough, pointed edges on three sides; flat on bottom. Artist inscription etched into base.

ground serpentine chisel, green-brown

Stone carving of a bird in a seated position with its head turned backward, looking over tail. Minimalist facial design consists of two small circles with indented centres for eyes and a small, upturned V for a beak. Carved lines are very shallow. Carving lines on surface have not been polished out. Old label from base says "Eskimo Art carver: KINGEELIK location: BAKER LAKE".

Green and blue/green stone beads are interspersed with 18 barrel-shaped and one ellipsoid bead made of golden metal. The 134 stone beads are a mixture of disc-shaped, barrel-shaped and irregular shapes. They are arranged symmetrically on either side of the golden ellipsoid bead. The ellipsoid bead is made of two hemispheres of sheet metal while the other metal beads are rolled with a simple overlap join. Strung on monofilament.