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Pauloosie Tukpanie (b. 1960)
Polar bear and hunter 1997
Greenstone | RCIN 95746
Vestibule , Buckingham Palace
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A two-part sculpture in mottled green serpentine of a polar bear and an Inuit hunter holding a bone bow and arrow in his raised right arm.
Artist Pauloosie Tukpanie (b. 1960) of Iqaluit, Baffin Island, is known for his carvings of polar bears. In Canada, Inuit have traditionally hunted polar bears as for their meat and hides, which provide warmth and also camouflage for hunting in the snow and on the ice.
In Inuit tradition, the hunter shows the bear his weapons and the bear chooses whether to be killed that day, or to escape, hence the hunter's raised arm.Provenance
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, by the Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Canada, 23 June - 2 July 1997
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Medium and techniques
Greenstone
Place of Production
Cape Dorset [Baffin Island]