Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing is a glimpse of blue

is a glimpse of blue sky

(Carved base measures 7 1/8")

There is old repair of a split at one hand

So civilized--and liberating in being able to mix one's own loose teas

a single black "x" below the image

Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing is a glimpse of blueI find this miniature sled deeply beautiful, with an elegance of construction and purity of form that feels akin to the pencil box in old blue paint also listed today small perfect things. It is an early 20th century Inuit model of a qamutiik (or komatik) sled, made for the tourist trade. This type of short flat "mushing" sled, constructed by attaching cross slats to two parallel boards, was used for hunting, and would traditionally have been pulled