9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Dorset ID#: 08S-04

Dorset ID#: 08S-04

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9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Dorset ID#: 08S-04Inuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Johnny Papigatook Size: 9" high, 6" wide, 5" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18494iajy This acrobatic arched back gives this piece prominence and bravado. Papigatook'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. Papigatokss bears almost always