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Isa Oqutaq - Miniature Dancing Bear
Isa Oqutaq - Miniature Dancing Bear
CA$200.00
Community: Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
Serpentine stone, 2.75” x 2.5”x 1.5”
In Inuit art, a Dancing Bear (Tuurnngait) usually is symbolic of a shaman transitioning between the human and spiritual worlds and the rebirth of a human spirit into a bear. The concept of the Dancing Bear originated in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), and a significant number of dancing bear carvings are created there.