8" 3 Way Dancing Bear by Oqituq Shaa *Bountiful* Below $1000

8" 3 Way Dancing Bear by Oqituq Shaa *Bountiful* Below $1000Inuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Oqituq Shaa Size: 8" across (7" horizontal), 5" wide, 3" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU 2210 25 Stone: Serpentine id: dfa 6412Qijjy NOTE*Inuit Art is Handcrafted in Canada. It ships TARIFF FREE to the USA **This Item is Eligible for our 0% Interest Layaway Plan BOUNTIFUL is generous and enthusiastic. He can balance himself on one foot, the other foot and then on his left paw! An incredible feat for Bountiful.

this sculpture brings to mind the work of the Nunavut Master Carvers Jimmy Iqaluq

Aarluk is such a piece

Tim Pee's name is intimately connected to this style of walking bear which is sleek and striding

As I reviewed the pictures of this small bear

the carving gives a thorough impression of the bear

Stonecut & Stencil 1976

Bill Nasogaluak is one of the premier Master carvers of our time

mammoth ivory

his ability to fashion this ocular miracle with bravado and panache

This is my visceral response to the rare combination of both beauty and genius

His head is large and exaggerated

has procured a Walrus who is transporting her with lightening speed to her destination