VINTAGE 15" Basking Walrus by Johnny Palister *Edward*Inuit Art: Walrus (circa 1999) Inuit Artist: Johnny Palister Size: 15" long, 8" high, 7" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU 11 23 Stone: Serpentine id: HR 9968 **This Item is Eligible for our 0% Interest Layaway Plan. Masterpiece Carving! Museum quality Sculpture! Edward basks on his ice floe. relaxed and happy, soaking up the afternoon sun. His tusks are perfectly proportioned to his head. He uses them as weapons and digging tools. Edward is the classic

There is no mistaking a Petaulassie Caribou

How will their toothpick arms take them to a Gold medal in Gymnastics

This particular piece is one of Pee's finest works

The pattern of fine white/gray "freckles" add a third dimension that suggests thick

This colour combination is very rare in serpentine stone

I am particularly drawn the positions of his arms

These sculptures were carved when Inuit artists were locked down inside their homes during the early months of the Covid pandemic

Dorset ID#: 12-11

dependable

Stone: Serpentine (faces)

The exact same thing applies to high end Inuit art - only it is much much more lucrative

I think we tend to think only humans love their offspring so we are awestruck when we see another species expressing love