Alice Nanogak Canadian Inuit Framed Hand-printed Stonecut of Mother and Child curiosities The box and plates are

The box and plates are in near perfect condition

about 150-170 years ago Kuna women of Panama began making Molas using the reverse appliqué technique

and I will continue to hunt for more of the like as I am completely in love with them

I purchased it at an estate sale in Waltham

with a little wear showing in a few areas on the top of the box

Alice Nanogak Canadian Inuit Framed Hand-printed Stonecut of Mother and Child curiosities The box and plates areI love the work of Alice Nanogak, having seen pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years, and then through her fantastic illustrations for the book of Inuit folk tales,"Tales of the Igloo," a copy of which I found and sold recently. So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop recently, I snatched them up immediately. This is a limited edition stone cut (from an edition of 24