Antique Cyanotype Portrait of Young Woman with Mask Lorenzens Lantz collectible with some light showing through

with some light showing through

This multi-piece fossilized whalebone and tusk Inuit carving is described as from Nuayat on the underside of its base

and the lines of the truck are pretty terrific too

especially unfussy old wooden ones

Early 20th century I believe and unsigned as far as I can tell

Antique Cyanotype Portrait of Young Woman with Mask Lorenzens Lantz collectible with some light showing throughI was really excited to find this one, in large part because of what this young woman is holding in her hand: a molded and painted mesh mask very much like several Ive had in the shop, and of the type we usually now describe as Odd Fellows Daughters of Rebekah masks, though Ive never really been able to figure out how widely these were made and used outside of those affiliations. I love the way she is posed with the mask firmly in hand but not worn,