Wonderful Carved Inuit Stone Seal by Noah Nowdlak primitive sign is made of solid wood

is made of solid wood with a birch bark veneer pressed/embossed with with this wonderful image of a very anxious-looking child surrounded by roosters

finding more the more one looks

and the single rusty front wheel and large pair of red wheels at rear--called gong bell wheels

9 7/8" x 7 1/2" x 1"

I believe this dates to about the late 1st/early second century A

Wonderful Carved Inuit Stone Seal by Noah Nowdlak primitive sign is made of solid woodI really really love this piece, especially for the straight on view, with the extended front and tail flippers together with raised head giving this seal a great sense of force and reach, and also a sort of bold elegance, which isn't always how one might think of a seal. The black stone with natural vein running across horizontally adds to the effect, a bit like an electric current running down the center of the body. The piece is by widely exhibited