Woman in Turban, Very Intricate Old Folk Art Needle Lace Medallion Sargent-Welch molecular models smiling but also perhaps a

smiling but also perhaps a bit haunting

A wonderful vintage carved soapstone Inuit sculpture

color is as accurate as I can get it

) for eyes

7 1/4"w  x 7 1/2" t and in very good condition

Woman in Turban, Very Intricate Old Folk Art Needle Lace Medallion Sargent-Welch molecular models smiling but also perhaps aSeveral years ago I found a figural needle lace medallion very closely related to this one that one depicting a figure wearing an elaborate headdress I took for Native American (photo included in documentation). It seems quite likely then that a series of these were created, representing the traditional costumes of different cultures from around the world whether by a single maker or done after a pattern I am not entirely certain, though I might now