Polar Bear by Joseph Shuqslak Below $1000 Dorset ID#: 15-30

Dorset ID#: 15-30

the green speckles riding against the skin

The lines and curves are also well crafted and beautifully proportioned

stylized bears are likely the result of his hunter's memory for animal form combined with the influence of the varied communities he traveled to

Polar Bear by Joseph Shuqslak Below $1000 Dorset ID#: 15-30Inuit art: Polar Bear Inuit Artist: Joseph Shuqslak Size: 8" long, 4. 5" tall, 4" deep Community: Gjoa Haven, NU Stone: unpolished serpentine Joseph Shuqslak (1958 ) E number: E4810 Community: Gjoa Haven Joseph is the son of the late Gjoa Haven carver Joata Suqslak. His mother Lena Qiyuk Suqslak is a carver and crafts artist. Joseph's brother Moses Pameogarak is also a carver. Exhibitions: Kitikmeot, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada