Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing whose home in nearby Fitzwilliam

whose home in nearby Fitzwilliam has since been turned into the Fitzwilliam Museum and Historical Society

There is old repair of a split at one hand

then sliding the lid over

3 1/4" x 2 3/16"

is a glimpse of blue sky

Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled tantric drawing whose home in nearby FitzwilliamI 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