| Inuit art has been introduced to the
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| | comparable walking bear. The Inuit art
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| non-Arctic world for several decades now
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| | market has accepted this fact and
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| and has enjoyed a nice climb in stature
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| | collectors are willing to pay more for
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| as a fine art form. Throughout the
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| | nice dancing bear carvings as evidenced
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| years, Inuit stone carvers have changed
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| | by their popularity.Other Nunavut
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| their artwork a bit as a result of market
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| | communities such as Iqaluit also have
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| feedback and demand. Generally speaking,
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| | carvers who produce excellent dancing
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| they managed to make artistic changes in
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| | bear carvings now. Some carvers have
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| response to the market without losing the
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| | demonstrated such wild imaginations by
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| northern Arctic spirit of their Inuit art
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| | adding drums made of caribou antler to
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| form. Inuit art stone carvings have
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| | bear carvings resulting in drum dancing
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| become larger and more polished compared
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| | bears. Talk about giving a wild animal a
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| to those early primitive looking carvings
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| | human characteristic! Others have turned
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| that made their debut in the commercial
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| | other Arctic animals such as walruses and
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| art market years ago.One of the later
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| | seals as well as objects such as the
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| innovations in stone carvings from the
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| | Inuit inukshuk into balancing dancing
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| Inuit art world was the dancing bear.
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| | versions. A few carvers have produced
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| The Inuit carvers from Cape Dorset in
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| | dancing bears which have the ability to
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| Nunavut sometimes added humor and play
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| | balance on either the right or left hind
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| into their artwork. They gave animals
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| | leg. In an effort to elevate the skill
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| such as polar bears some human like
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| | levels and artistry even further, polar
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| characteristics. Instead of carving
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| | bears have been carved in handstanding
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| polar bears only in walking positions or
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| | positions balancing on both or even one
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| other poses often seen in the natural
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| | front paw. Sometimes these are known as
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| wild, the carvers began to make the bears
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| | diving bears.Interestingly enough, the
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| in upright positions standing on one hind
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| | Inuit carvers in some regions such as
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| leg. This pose represented the polar
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| | Nunavik (northern Quebec Arctic) and the
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| bear in a happy state of dancing and
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| | western Arctic have not added dancing
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| celebration. Some carvers claim that
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| | bears to their subjects portfolios. They
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| dancing bears represent a form of
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| | have chosen to focus and excel on other
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| shamanism and transformation between a
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| | aspects of Inuit art such as hunting
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| human and a bear. But the market
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| | scenes involving human subjects or
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| generally sees these carvings as happy
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| | miniature Inuit camps using ivory. The
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| bears.The dancing bear carving elevated
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| | dancing bear carvings are generally
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| the skill requirement of the Inuit carver
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| | produced in the central Nunavut region
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| because the entire stone carving had to
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| | but it will be interesting to see if
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| be balanced on one leg of the bear
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| | other Arctic regions will produce their
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| without toppling over. This balancing
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| | own versions of balancing carvings as a
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| act in carving was not a project for the
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| | result of market demand.Clint Leung is
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| beginning carver. Because of the skill
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| | owner of Free Spirit Gallery ( , an
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| level required to carve a dancing bear,
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| | online gallery specializing in Inuit
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| the price of such an Inuit carving would
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| | Eskimo and Northwest Native American art
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| generally be a bit higher compared to a
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| | including carvings, sculpture and prints.
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