Inuit Stone Carved Loon folk art lure with stair step-pattern details in

with stair step-pattern details in a very dark brown

possibly while he was a grad student

Solid wood

75" tall x

punctuated by colorful yellow

Inuit Stone Carved Loon folk art lure with stair step-pattern details inI find this loon (I believe it is) tremendously satisfying, with its elegant, smoothly carved body offset by its elongated, slightly hooking, more primitively carved head and beak in the most perfect, empathy inducing way. Making it even better is the maker's use of the natural coloration of the stone (soapstone I believe), such that one half of the loon is more of dark gray green, and the other a lighter green brown, changing just about right down