7.25" Diving Bear by Abe Simionie

Inuit art: Diving Bear
Inuit Artist: Abe (Abraham) Simionie 
Size: 7.25" long, 5" wide, 5" deep. Weight: 3.7 lbs
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine 

Beautiful bear from Cape Dorset. Very well balanced. 

The proportions are perfect, the curves are very life like.

Abe Simionie (1977 - )

Abe’s father is Simigak Simionie, he was a carving packer at the Cape Dorset Co-op for thirty years.

Abe's uncles, Kanaginak Pootoogook and Ninogiok Pudlat, were his greatest influences, but it wasn’t until Abe began to carve with Moe Pootoogook, that he knew he would follow in his uncles' footsteps. Abe’s favourite subject is bears.

Besides carving, Abe enjoys hunting and fishing.

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