Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome Book: 8 15/16” x 7

Book: 8 15/16” x 7 1/2” x 3/4”

The tag still attached to this carving when I purchased it identifies it as being the work of Daniel Weetaluktuk (1951-1984)

I don't know a lot about the origins of this fantastic basket

from the Marbles

The chain measures 18 1/8" long x approx 3/4" wide and deep and is in excellent condition

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant 1853 hippodrome Book: 8 15/16” x 7I'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind