9" Dancing Brown Bear by Mosesee Pootoogook

Inuit art: Dancing Bear
Inuit Artist:  Mosesee Pootoogook
Size: 9" tall, 6.5" wide, 4" deep, 8 lbs
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine
id: ndc-97-1254457cbj

This is a beautifully carved brown coloured dancing bear made by Mosesee Pootoogook in Cape Dorset, Nunuvut. This piece is quite large and chubby and the warm brown shiny serpentine stone creates a dramatic effect that makes it very noticeable to an audience. Brown carvings are my favourite as the veins across the stone become wonderfully extenuated from the brown colour. The movement and balance are exquisitely captivating.