Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings painting on card with a little paint loss

with a little paint loss on the body of the body

Other snow knives were used as tools for cutting hard-packed snow in the construction of igluit (snow houses)

all done with a precision and elegance that I find really lovely--while also

cigar box I found them in

4 7/8” x 5 3/4” framed

Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings painting on card with a little paint lossPhotos do this no justice, though details give a better sense. A real beauty of a relief carved portrait I'd say, quite sensitively done, and with a great deal of care and labor invested in her profuse pile of what I believe would be described as fringed and crimped bangs. The warm dry wood patina here contributes to giving a blush to her cheeks and neck just behind her ear, making her feel all the more full of life and I just love how her earlobe is