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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"

CAN$ 699.00

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"

CAN$ 299.00

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Seal by Johnassie Kudluarok. Sanikiluq. Soapstone. # 0249 Foreground.
12.5 cm x 5 cm,  5" x 2"
Seal by Davidee Oqaituk.
Sanikiluq. Soapstone.
# 0482 Background.
14 cm x 5 cm, 5 1/2" x 2"
each CAN$ 75.00
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 "

CAN$ 550.00

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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"

CAN$ 145.00

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"

CAN$ 145.00

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Dancing Polar Bear by Etidloie 
Adla, Cape Dorset.
Serpentine # 28116
21 cm x 11.5 cm, 8 1/4" x 4 1/2"

CAN$ 575.00

Click on picture to see enlarged view Transformation by Siutiapik Ragee, Cape Dorset.
Serpentine. # 1165
(5 animal and 2 human heads)
45.5 cm x 36 cm
18" x 14 1/8"

CAN$ 1950.00

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Dancing Bear by Siutiapik 
Ragee, Cape Dorset.
Serpentine. # 1565
21 cm x 12.5 cm
8 1/8" x 4 7/8"

CAN$ 499.00


 
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