9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Inuit paintings Dorset ID#: 15-17

Dorset ID#: 15-17

Saggiak has also chosen to colour the tusks black

Dorset ID#: 96-06

I am particularly drawn to Joamie’s muskoxen

9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Inuit paintings Dorset ID#: 15-17Inuit 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