14" Diving Bear by Joanie Ragee

Inuit art: Dancing Bear    
Inuit Artist: Joanie Ragee
Size: 9.5­­­­" tall, 7" wide, 14" long
Community: Cape Dorset
Stone: Serpentine

Joanie Ragee is a very well established artist and is recognized internationally for his dancing bears. His dancing bears are full of life with much movement. This is what attracts Inuit art enthusiasts to his works. Joanie Ragee prefers to carve using stone with the traditional green and grey coloration. He expresses himself mostly by allowing his dancing bears to balance perfectly while dancing on one or both legs.

This diving bear is perfectly balanced, large and impressive. It measures 14" long, 9.5" tall and 7" wide.