9" Diving Bear by Ottokie Samayualie *Comic Relief* Inuit paintings Dazzling white marble

Dazzling white marble

What interests me about this piece is the composition itself

The fish dangling from the ice below

The Inuit have great reverence for this creature

Strikingly beautiful dark serpentine

9" Diving Bear by Ottokie Samayualie *Comic Relief* Inuit paintings Dazzling white marbleInuit art: Diving Bear Inuit Artist: Ottokie Samayualie Size: 8. 5 across, 6" tall, 5" deep, 7 lbs. Community: Cape Dorset, NU 21 Stone: Serpentine id: dfa 6086MabjjyRED Ottokie's claim to fame is his 2, 3 and sometimes 4 way dancing bears. A dancing bear is able to balance on one foot, two feet, three or all four feet. I have so much respect and admiration for any carver who can create any form of a dancing bear. Ottokie and Mosesee Pootoogook are