Pair of 1970s Studio Pottery Man and Woman Stoneware Bookends, Signed Liz chinoiserie the Alice Nanogak drawings in

the Alice Nanogak drawings in the book are the next best thing

There is a fair amount of wear/loss to the paper

a woman carrying a basket on her head

It appears to have been used as a  reference for a "Eskimo Art" exhibition at Northwest Michigan College in 1979

Just shy of 20" long

Pair of 1970s Studio Pottery Man and Woman Stoneware Bookends, Signed Liz chinoiserie the Alice Nanogak drawings inI grew up surrounded by the studio pottery of Solveig Cox largely functional vessels and objects, but most often populated with figures and animals, which the characters on these bookends remind me a bit of. I quite like how wise and serene these two look, just right for being surrounded by books, with these little wing like open hands, or open books, on their chests. (And between her turtleneck, his beard, and their little upturned mouths, they also