8" Arching Back Dancing Bear Markoosie Papigatok Inuit Painting **Jimmy Iqaluq SIGNATURE Walrus carving

**Jimmy Iqaluq SIGNATURE Walrus carving

The stripes add so much depth and panache

They look like the holes in swiss cheese

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

He has taken the well loved Dancing bear motif and elevated it to new heights

8" Arching Back Dancing Bear Markoosie Papigatok Inuit Painting **Jimmy Iqaluq SIGNATURE Walrus carvingInuit 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