4" Spirit Face by Tapaungai Qatsiya *Ghostly Apparition*Inuit art: Spirit Faces Inuit Artist: Tapaungai Qatsiyo Size: 4" high, 3" wide, 2" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: serpentine id: dfa AL6190Nacjy Did you see the face? At first glance, all I saw were holes. Inuit swiss cheese, I wondered? THEN, the apparition emerged. Two oblong eyes. One oblong mouth. No nose. The stone flows around the visage in an effort to offer support. Abstraction. Abstract art frees us. We see what we see. We can

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Inuit art was catapulted into a new dimension

4 lbs (the ors extend out

This is a beautiful walking bear by the carver

His matrix is the earth

There is no artist that has mastered the gruelling technique to achieve finesse and grace quite like Manasie

Manasie Akpaliapik had many prestigious commissions

There is not a single whisper of a flaw in the deep black stone

He has to be powerful to rip apart his prey

The torso is strong

I have studied and studied these faces

She tips her head to the side and closes her eyes