Dancing Polar Bear
Paulassie Pootoogook, Inuit / Canadian, 1927 - 2006
Canadian Inuit
Arctic
1982
Green soapstone
Overall: 16 15/16 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (43 × 16.5 × 13 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.33
Geography
Place Made: Kinngait, Dorset Island, Baffin Island, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Incised, on bottom: artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics]
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
Provenance
The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, September 13, 1983; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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