Inuit Miniature Dog Sled with Figure and Seals Teach a Tot toy from the pink cheeks and

from the pink cheeks and detailed bib of the little girl to

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The gold flecked backside is pretty

This volume features 22 stories divided into three sections: Tales of Birds and Beasts

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Inuit Miniature Dog Sled with Figure and Seals Teach a Tot toy from the pink cheeks andBased on a few other Inuit carvings of dog sleds I have found in a similar manner, I think this one may come from the Nunavat region in Northern Canada, and would think likely dates to the mid 20th century or so, at a time when thousands of Inuit sled dogs (qimmiit) were killed in a government initiative to pressure Inuit people to abandon traditional subsistence hunting and ways of life. Also around this time (and in response), artist cooperatives