Here’s an unusual opportunity to add a unique and quite old dark hard stone carving from the native american Inuit culture: a rare “Sedna” image or sometimes known as the sea goddess, circa 1930’s.

It measures 7.5″ in length and has been in our private collection for over fifteen years. We have never seen anything else that resembles this carving so it may be unique.

It is quite old possessing great old patina from good age. It looks and feels important. Provenance: Originally from a New Mexico collection

Dimensions: 3.5″ high and 7.5″ length,custom stand included

History: Sedna is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit mythology, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit underworld. The legend of how Sedna became a sea goddess is told throughout Arctic folk tales and varies from one region to the next. A young woman becomes the mother of all sea creatures. As the sea goddess, Sedna has dominion over her creatures and controls the availability of seal, walrus, fish, whale, and other sea animals to Inuit hunters.

We will be offering more Native American early stone art from a private collection in the weeks ahead. See photo of some other important Native American works of art.

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our works of art come with our “Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee.”

Schneible Fine Arts has been dealing in authentic Native American Art, European art pottery, Murano glass, as well as Japanese and Chinese antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Mr. Schneible personally travels through out America and to Europe, China and Japan each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity, and quality condition.