Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed Wilson Novelty Company then put under their pillows

then put under their pillows

which are super cheerful

as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life

especially ones with moving parts

1588/3000 meaning I suppose that she made 3000 sets of these

Inuit Mid-Century Soapstone Head Sculpture, Signed Wilson Novelty Company then put under their pillowsI have really fallen in love with this piece, which I find wonderfully direct, eternally mysterious, and deeply true. The more I look at it, the more of everything I find in this face. It is an Inuit carving and I know for certain dates at latest to the 1950s, as it has been held in collections since then. Substantial in size and weight and presence it is carved dark green soapstone which was polished to a high shine, but which contains some