11" Dancing White Bear by Samonie ShaaInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Samonie Shaa Size: 11" across, 7" wide, 6" deep, 10 lbs. Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Marble id: ndc 159 1267936 acjjy Done in a smooth and refined marble stone, Shaas bear is perfection! His raw savagery contrasts his endearing spirited dance step and we cant help falling in love with this delightful creature. Of course the polar bear must be white but not just any white! Shaa has chosen an electrifying

Mini Mountain is just that

Dorset ID#: 84-34

Goota Ashoona and Bob Kussy are internationally recognized for their bone and Ivory carvings

This “Inuk with Walkman Player” is the miniature version of one of the most forward looking and progressive style of Inuit carvings of the 21st century

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Nasogaluak’s bears tend to be sleek and well muscled

This particular dancing bear lays glorious claim to a calm yet raw savagery

my heart skips a beat every single time I see one of his carvings

He is the quintessential “black” bear BUT the dispersed horizontal pale veins within the stone imbues a sense of this bear’s permanent existence within the sands of time

There is no doubt

Dorset ID#: 11-07

In the 12 years that I have been a curator and the 5 years that I was a pilot transporting Inuit carvings