7" Dancing Bear by Napachie Ashoona *Jake*Inuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Napachie Ashoona Size: 7" high, 4" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU 11 22 Stone: Serpentine & Caribou Antler id: jl 12909Wcfjy **This Item is Eligible for Our 0% Interest Layaway Plan Those of us who collect Inuit carvings understand that every piece is a gift. There are so many stunning colours, patterns of colours, textures of stone, sizes of sculptures, styles of carvings, etc. Jake"s look is a little bit

or modern avant-garde

This is a very large bear

The Inuit carvers' interpretation of the Arctic wolf is fascinating in its variations

more modernity

large inlaid eyes with big black pupils and white sclera

Inuit Artist: Jaypeetie Kudlualik

2021 blog  Spotlight on the Dancing Bear

This is a rare occasion where Nuna Parr has crafted his masterpiece from a slate of white marble stone

but the lines and curvatures are absolutely perfect

Malliki actually takes detailed measurements of an expired bear and uses them to create an exact replica like “Paul”

Proportions

lending itself to a  minimalistic style similar to how their ancestors carved hundreds of years ago