Soapstone Sculpture

You like Inuit carvings.

Native art has started to get broad exposure worldwide, and none is more desirable than the soapstone carvings produced by the Inuit (see examples: http://www.inuitart.org/content.aro?pageID=17). While prices can be lofty, a beautiful statue can still be had for well under $1,000.

There's something very appealing about the signature style, with it's rich surface tones, animal subjects, and timeless material. A large, shaped rock can also double nicely as a weapon, something the Chretiens discovered when the RCMP failed to stop a paranoid schizophrenic from going after the (then) PM and his wife in their own home: http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0010953.