9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Their Masterpiece status ensures that

Their Masterpiece status ensures that over the years these carvings will increase in their monetary value

They have a distinct wild demeanour

It gleams and shimmers

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9" Arching Back Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook Above $1000 Their Masterpiece status ensures thatInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Johnny Papigatook Size: 9" high, 6" wide, 5" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18494iajy This acrobatic arched back gives this piece prominence and bravado. Papigatook's love of the animal shines through both in his art and his words. Rather than carving realistic replicas of bears, this artist chooses to capture the animal's essence; its bearlike character. Papigatokss bears almost always