8" Blue Hued Dancing Bear by Markoosie Papigatok Inuit print

8" Blue Hued Dancing Bear by Markoosie Papigatok Inuit printInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Markoosie Papigatok Size: 7. 5" tall, 6" wide, 4" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: dfa 8643Mejjy Provenance: This is a very rare colored serpentine stone. At the gallery, we have only seen this blue hued stone a couple times over the last 10 years. This stone is very unique an d breathtaking. Markosie Papigatooks Dancing Bears are adored simultaneously for their playfulness and their athletic

Inuit Artist: Oqutaq Shaa

He used to watch his father and others carve

Baffin Regional School

Inuit art: Snow Goggles

Stonecut 2001

The color is a gorgeous dark stone with beautiful veins glazed throughout

The intricacy of the work intrigues us it seems

DIVING SEDNA

Inuit art: Muskox

but the truly remarkable aspects of this bear is its concept and its sense of balance of standing on either leg

He has created an impressive body of sculptures depicting bear figures and other animals as well

To own a Masterpiece carving by one of the top three Inuit artists in the world