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take advantage of their naturally occurring shapes to produce a seemingly endless variety of forms and subjects.

Materials are often in short supply, and artists must travel great distances over land or by boat to quarry quantities of good quality stone. 
Once the materials are obtained, carving proceeds in a fairly straightforward manner. The necessary skills, perfected in fashioning of traditional implements, have been passed through generations of Inuit. Most sculptures are still produced with hand tools, although a grow-
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Click on picture to see enlarged view Narwhal by J.P. Kola, Kimirut. Serpentine w/ caribou antler. # 0850
36 x 23 cm, 14" x 9"

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Click on picture to see enlarged view Owl by Nuyalia Tunnillie, 
Cape Dorset. 
Serpentine. # 3840
13 x 13 cm, 5 1/8" x 5 1/8"

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Seals by Josie Ohytook. Sanikiluaq. Soapstone.
# 2440 foreground
19 x 4.5 cm, 7 1/2" x 1 3/4"
CAN$ 89.00 
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Click on picture to see enlarged view Bear by Pauloosie Tunillie,
Cape Dorset. 
Serpentine. # 32225
13.5 cm x 8 cm
5 1/4" x  3 1/8 "

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Click on picture to se enlarged view Seal by Jacob Uppik, Sanikiluaq. 
Soapstone.  # 05070511
17 cm x 9 cm, 6 3/4" x 3 1/2"

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Click on picture to see enlarged view Loon by Simeonie Iqaluq, Sanikiluaq. 
Soapstone. # 05050580
21.5 cm x 9 cm, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"

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