Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders British Fig: 2 3/4” t x

Fig: 2 3/4” t x 2 1/2” wide

This set was designed to illustrate the concept of the cube root (a cube root of a number x is a number y such that y3 = x) by breaking the cube into fractional segments

shape and warm dry patina

was used and shows age

6 3/8" x 5 3/8" framed not including hanging loop

Small Greenland Inuit Wooden Articulated Figure with Sinew Tied Shoulders British Fig: 2 3/4” t xAt one point this small carved, articulated Greenland Inuit figure surely wore a traditional hide fur parka and pants, but those are long gone. All the better, though, to see the carefully pegged joints and sinew tied shoulders! I've bought and sold a few larger old Inuit wooden dolls over the last number of years, among my favorite things in the world, but don't believe I've see such a diminutive fully jointed one as this before. C. 1920s so I would