8" Arching Back Dancing Bear Markoosie Papigatok Inuit Painting Her mother is Mayoreak Ashoona

Her mother is Mayoreak Ashoona

Ottokie is one of the few artists who knows how to carve two way bears (dancing and diving)

Pavinak carved his male caribou with exaggerated beards

Dorset ID#: 80-L27

the mouth a hollow opening and the lips are exaggerated

8" Arching Back Dancing Bear Markoosie Papigatok Inuit Painting Her mother is Mayoreak AshoonaInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Markoosie Papigatok Size: 8" tall, 5" wide, 4" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18635ajbjy Markosie Papigatok's Dancing Bears are adored for their playfulness and their athletic prowess. Some of his bears seem to be practising martial arts. This bear is carved with a stone that is forest green with yellow and black flecks. It is a complex and pleasing combination of colours. I can't recall