Wonderful Carved Inuit Stone Seal by Noah Nowdlak primitive sign as I have found it

as I have found it as also produced as a larger limited edition lithograph and painted on a vessel he produced during a period of experimenting with ceramics

is made of solid wood with a birch bark veneer pressed/embossed with with this wonderful image of a very anxious-looking child surrounded by roosters

reminding me a bit of a Helen Frankenthaler painting

detailed with ties and fringe

persisting underneath the array of cut marks

Wonderful Carved Inuit Stone Seal by Noah Nowdlak primitive sign as I have found itI really really love this piece, especially for the straight on view, with the extended front and tail flippers together with raised head giving this seal a great sense of force and reach, and also a sort of bold elegance, which isn't always how one might think of a seal. The black stone with natural vein running across horizontally adds to the effect, a bit like an electric current running down the center of the body. The piece is by widely exhibited