9" Boxing Bear Markoosie PapigatokInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Markoosie Papigatok Size: 9" wide, 8" tall, 4" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18543ajbjy Markoosie Papigatok Dancing Bears are adored for their playful athletic poses. Doesn't this fellow appear to be throwing a right punch? Markoosie has him tilted way over to the left with his right leg held high and his right arm flexed backward as if he is getting ready to box. This position showcases

Owl is both traditional and contemporary

This is a monumental piece carved with a stone that I rarely see

And the piece de resistance is the unusual warm honey coloured stone

id: c-065

the balance and the choice of the deep chocolate serpentine stone

this is my absolute favorite piece in the gallery

Pits Qimirpik introduced this genre of carving in 2010 with “Teen With MP3”

5" horizontal

Stone: serpentine (polished to mirror shine)

Stonecut 2013

rare talent and the result is this extraordinary polar bear

His bear can be found in several episodes