Inuit Hand-carved Polar Bear Figurine for the porch 15ʺD × 1

15ʺD × 1

75" tall x x 6

in childlike block letters)

Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art--influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand-formed candleholders

Inuit Hand-carved Polar Bear Figurine for the porch 15ʺD × 1Among my very favorite tiny animal in the Critical EYE collection is this wonderful Inuit hand carved polar bear, which seems at once fierce and friendly; stoic and animated with its outstretched neck and black painted mouth, eyes, ears, and feet. From the back and underside, a darker colored vein or marbilization is visible; this and the color lead me to believe the bear is carved from Walrus tusk. The polar bear stands less than an inch tall, is 2