8" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq Above $1000 Perhaps Kelly wants us to

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

The most frequently requested carving for our gallery are the iconic muskox by internationally claimed Lucassie Ikkidluak

flair and humor

Dorset ID#: 10S-03

you can even see the muscle tone on the bear

8" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq Above $1000 Perhaps Kelly wants us toInuit 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