Woman with Long Braids, Vintage Inuit Carved Soapstone Figure, Signed in Syllabics wax resist I love portraits of people

I love portraits of people and their dogs

in wonderful and evocative combinations

I will never tire of antique folk art watercolors of flowers--largely painted by women and a lot about close looking

I don't know who made these architectural building blocks or precisely when

Woman with Long Braids, Vintage Inuit Carved Soapstone Figure, Signed in Syllabics wax resist I love portraits of peopleSmall but powerful, this woman reminds me a bit of a figurehead on a ship, facing fiercely (and fearlessly) into the wind, shoulders squared, with wonderful long braids trailing down her back. Beautiful all the way around, carved of dark green stone, signed in syllabics accompanied by a disc number on the underside. With a calming presence that outweighs her size. I want to channel her. 3" t x 2 1 2" w x 2 3 4". (My novice translation of the syllabics