7" Dancing Bear by Ottokie Samayualie
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Inuit art: Dancing Bear
Inuit Artist: Ottokie Samayualie
Size: 7" tall (6.5" vertical), 4" wide, 3" deep
Community: Cape Dorset, NU
Stone: Serpentine
id: jl-18520eijy
Ottokie is among the best artists out there for medium sized dancing and walking bears. His pieces have so much flow and movement to them and really exemplify the spirit of a dancing bear. I never hesitate to acquire his pieces as they are all exuberantly done to perfection.
This bear dances on both feet.
Ottokie Samayualie
Ottokie is the son of Cape Dorset artists Johnny and Kuluajuke Tunnillee. Ottokie has followed the same artistic path, as in Nunavut, artistic talent is passed on through the family rather than taught in an art school.
Ottokie Samayualie takes great care in choosing his stone. His carvings are made of the finest serpentine of varying green shades, and then smoothed and polished to best exhibit the lustre of the stone.
Ottokie prefers to carve bears.
