5" 4 Way Dancing Bear Sakkasie Ragee

Inuit art: Dancing Bear    
Inuit Artist: Sakkasie Ragee
Size: 5" tall, 3" wide, 2" deep
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine
id: j-67631dej

This is a beautiful and rare four way Dancing bear by Cape Dorset artist Sakkasie Ragee.

It is exceptionally difficult to carve these bears to have them balance on two paws let alone all four paws. 

It takes an experienced and skilled artist to carve a four way Dancing bear.

This pure white Dancing bear is the penultimate polar bear. 

When the bear's nose is pointed directly upward, I like to think that the creature is communicating directly with his God.

See our May 30, 2021 blog Spotlight on the Dancing Bear.