A Long Time with No Update

Since we last chatted... a group of Eskimo dolls have come in - some are pretty interesting - they range in date from late 19th century to contemporary. The more contemporary dolls will be sold in our online auction. It has taken me a good week and a half to go though all these little sealskin clothed personalities... and unfortunately, I had a dream last night about a couple of them... and yes - they were talking to me...

Two weeks ago - but perhaps it was last week - I went down to Tennessee and picked up a nice grouping of baskets - California and Southwest, a couple tomahawks, and a few other beaded odds and ends - pipe bags, moccasins, etc. I was happy.

Signing out - danica



A couple of the dolls that were chatting to me in my dream... these ladies and gents will be in the September 12th, 2009 catalogued auction.

Eskimo Soapstone

Friday, a slug of Inuit soapstone sculptures walked in the door. Well, I guess they did not actually "walk"... more like lumbered...

Regardless, this has been an area of American Indian art that has been slowly growing on me. I used to not think much about these sculptures, but the more I see, the more intereresting they become. Carved in the round, the subjects vary from comical, to everyday arctic life scenes, to marine and avian wildlife. Even more interesting, the semingly "off balance" look of some carvings only supports the ablity of the artist to see design in a non-conventional shape. Even the older pieces have a contemporary but organic quality that I am really starting to enjoy.

By the way - these pictures are just a sampling... and I never claimed to be a photographer, as you are finding out...