3" Green Speckled Dancing Bear by Adamie MathewsieInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Adamie Mathewsie Size: 3. 75" tall, 2. 5" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: dfa 6689Najjy I am always amazed by the athletic ability of the Small Dancing Bear. It takes years of training and innate talent for an Inuit carver to create a dancing bear that can balance on one, two, and sometimes THREE different paws. When the dancing bear is small, the level of expertise required is astounding.

Small bears are one of THE quintessential pieces of Inuit art

Etching & Aquatint 2015

Stone: argillite

Dorset ID#: 91-19

Mayoreak Ashoona

basking in the Arctic sun

In early 2009 Joe received a carving production grant from the Canada Arts Council grant under the aboriginal programming initiatives

Inuit art: Diving Seal

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One of our favorites by Toonoo

Inuit Artist: Kove Parr

Size: 12­­­­" long