9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Inuit art: Life in an

Inuit art: Life in an Igloo

Their Masterpiece status ensures that over the years these carvings will increase in their monetary value

Dorset ID#: 08S-04

grace with beautiful veins riding against the skin is what really caught my eye regarding this piece

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9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Inuit art: Life in anInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Johnny Papigatook Size: 9" high, 6" wide, 5" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18494iajy This acrobatic arched back gives this piece prominence and bravado. Papigatook's love of the animal shines through both in his art and his words. Rather than carving realistic replicas of bears, this artist chooses to capture the animal's essence; its bearlike character. Papigatokss bears almost always