9" Walking Bear by Ulami Tunillie

Inuit art: Walking Bear    
Artist: Ulami Tunillie
Size: ­­­­9" long, 6" high, 4" wide, 10.1 lbs
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine 
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This is a fine example of Tunillie verging on the abstract. His road towards abstraction is via the streamlining of body and shape while always maintaining the essential bearlike character of the object; its power, its ferocity, its bulk. When working on a small scale, Tunillie achieves this by exaggerating the bulkiness of the forms.

The elongated neck, compressing the torso into the realm of abstract, is a deliberate exaggeration by the artist to create further exhilaration. 

This is also a rather large piece, a beautiful showcase for any room. It undoubtedly deserves its own podium or table.