Old Clay Pipe Bowl with Face and Legs, Presumed Native American antique can and some structures in the

and some structures in the distance

bottom edge of the parka and boots

A piper piping away

and appear regularly in Inuit sculpture

These are among my favorite finds ever

Old Clay Pipe Bowl with Face and Legs, Presumed Native American antique can and some structures in theThis effigy pipe appears to be quite an old one, with great deepening to the color of the clay where it was clearly very often held. I love the serene looking, moon like face at the front, and then these wonderful little arms and legs incised into the sides, which make it seems look as if a creature of the water, ready to paddle its way across river or sea. I am not an expert but am confident it is Native American, and, based on the color and surface,