4" Dancing Bear by Mosesee Pootoogook *Mini and Mighty*Inuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Mosesee Pootoogook Size: 4" tall, 3" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: dfa AL76007Oahjy This two way dancing bear may be small but he has the bravado of his larger cousins. His long gangly arms are thrown up to the sky in a hallelujah salute. His snout is long, almost like a bird's beak. I love his pudgy tummy. He has a unique physique. He marches or "dances" to the beat of his own drum. This

The chic charcoal white finish gives this piece a luminescent feel to its overall composition

This is why Lew Phillip is probably the best Inuit artist in the world

2021 blog Spotlight on the Dancing Bear

In my experience with the gallery

clean and smooth

How does a carver accomplish such a complicated structural piece

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the eyes are inserted separately)

He has the rare ability to extract vision from a stone and then breathe life into its soul

The rawness and rudimentary angles make this a timeless piece out of Gjoa Haven

There is a joie de vivre about Joe Jaw’s bears that brings me happiness and inspires me as a curator and a passionate collector of Inuit art

Rudimentary but at the same time cultured