Inuit Carved Soapstone Animal, in the manner of Andy Miki symbolic And the ^-shaped raised eyebrow

And the ^-shaped raised eyebrow and red-lined open mouth--and those funny little shoes

what a sweet young man this Antoni must have been

— dates to sometime between 1900-1920

There appears to be a plug on the backside of the mask at the mouth area but the front surface is solid

More likely

Inuit Carved Soapstone Animal, in the manner of Andy Miki symbolic And the ^-shaped raised eyebrowI have a suspicion that this wonderful abstracted animal is a piece by Andy Miki (1918 1982), widely acclaimed carver from Arviat, NU renowned for his abstract, simplified animal sculptures a couple examples of which I've included at end of photos which are quite distinct from most other Inuit carvings. I can find no examples of his syllabic signature to compare this one to, but everything about it suggests his work to me in which case I am selling it