8" Dancing Bear by Markoosie Papigatok *Voluptuous*Inuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Markoosie Papigatok Size: 8" tall, 7" wide, 4" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU 19 Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18603aafjy Is this Chubby Dancing bear the dance partner to Markoosie's Arching Back Dancing bear located two thumbnails previous? This Chubby bear is voluptuous. It has a divine countenance with raised arms positioned in a posture of prayer. The head is flexed back so the bear can look directly to heaven.

The stone is gently freckled with white which gives texture to the narwhals' hides

Wounded Caribou

Inuit art: Caribou and Hawk

Dorset ID#: 02-10

Metro Toronto Convention Centre

This piece absolutely took my breath away when I first saw it

Inuit art: Sedna

his mastery of perfect proportions and his affinity for achieving realism in his subjects

and was featured in a major article in the Canadian arts magazine-“Galleries West” and the Canadian governmental tourism magazine –“Pure Canada”

I met Jimmy over 20 years ago during a blizzard that grounded my plane in Sanikiluaq

it would be a perfect piece for a new collector looking for novelty

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