7" Lying Bear by Louie UttaqInuit art: Walking Bear Inuit Artist: Louie Uttaq Size: 7" long, 4" high Community: Gjoa Haven, NU Material: Stone medium & Caribou bone id: c 017 I admire Louis Uttaqs interpretation of the lying bear. His bear carvings have a very ample hind end. The tail is exaggerated and the back legs are planted like stumps on the tundra. This bear looks perhaps a bit plump but let there be no mistake At any moment, this large predator will spring to action and

It has substance

2020: This is the last piece we received during the Covid crisis

Print #15 of the Cape Dorset 1992 Collection

It is very rounded and chubby which adds mass to the carving

QULAAGUULIK (HELICOPTER)

It is difficult for an Inuit carver to balance a bear on one leg

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Inuit art: Arctic Hare

it is clear to the eye the difference in refinement

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Dorset ID#: 97-05

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