8" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq Above $1000 This little fellow has presence

This little fellow has presence

It allows his carvings to take on a refined

Dorset ID#: 10S-03

Perhaps Kelly wants us to challenge our assumption that a traditional Inuit carving would naturally depict a mother and child BUT it could depict a father and child

8" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq Above $1000 This little fellow has presenceInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Tony Oqutaq Size: 8" high, 3" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18477fejy This brilliant dark stone gives this piece prominence and bravado. Oqutaq'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. Oqutaqs bears almost always stand or 'dance' on one