Swimming Bear carved from walrus tusk ivory
Made during the Middle Dorset culture between 1 and 500 CE.Found on Igloolik Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, CanadaPhotograph: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra Sandra Segal
I love the artistry of it.
~Read all about this particular carving from a book called Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez. Jonah Makpa
Maybe it explains the lines etc.
A Mama Polar Bear and Her Two Cubs Decided to Take the Easy Road…as in, Being Freshly Plowed, at Milan Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
credit: respective owner Laurie Anne
I was talking to a Newfoundland park warden friend in October. He mentioned the bears coming into Newfoundland more than I had heard.