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Stone Bear Sculpture by Inuit Native Artist Jimmy Tunnillie

Dancing Bear (866003882)

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by Jimmy Tunnillie

Cape Dorset

Marble

14 x 6 x 6"

$2,760.00 CAD

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SKU: 11213 Categories: Inuit, Sculptures

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Marble

Dimensions	14 x 6 x 6"
Product Number	S-11213


Artist	Jimmy Tunnillie
Nation	Cape Dorset
Description	Cape Dorset Jimmy Tunnillie is a young, up-and-coming artist from the Cape Dorset region in Nunavut Territory. He is a young artist who prides himself on being part of a family of carvers. Jimmy describes his grandfather, Qabaroaq Tunnillie, as someone who has influenced his work. Another carver in the Tunnillie family includes Ashevak Tunnillie, Jimmy’s uncle. Jimmy prefers to work primarily in soapstone, carving bears, birds, and walrus. Animals play a vital role in the everyday lives of Inuit people, and only in the recent past has the peoples’ dependence on them lessened. Based on years of observing, stalking, and butchering prey, Inuit wildlife art shows a keen awareness of the physical characteristics, habitats, and seasonal changes of animals. Cape Dorset is probably the most famous art-producing community in Canada’s north. With so many talented sculptors, there is bound to be a wide range of styles. The Cape Dorset sculptural style is rooted in both wildlife and the spirit world but has incorporated a love of the flamboyant, the dramatic, and the decorative.

Artist

Jimmy Tunnillie

Nation

Cape Dorset

Description

Cape Dorset

Jimmy Tunnillie is a young, up-and-coming artist from the Cape Dorset region in Nunavut Territory. He is a young artist who prides himself on being part of a family of carvers. Jimmy describes his grandfather, Qabaroaq Tunnillie, as someone who has influenced his work. Another carver in the Tunnillie family includes Ashevak Tunnillie, Jimmy’s uncle.

Jimmy prefers to work primarily in soapstone, carving bears, birds, and walrus. Animals play a vital role in the everyday lives of Inuit people, and only in the recent past has the peoples’ dependence on them lessened. Based on years of observing, stalking, and butchering prey, Inuit wildlife art shows a keen awareness of the physical characteristics, habitats, and seasonal changes of animals.

Cape Dorset is probably the most famous art-producing community in Canada’s north. With so many talented sculptors, there is bound to be a wide range of styles. The Cape Dorset sculptural style is rooted in both wildlife and the spirit world but has incorporated a love of the flamboyant, the dramatic, and the decorative.