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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 392421, member: 8267&quot;]Following up on Mark&#039;s good information - I found a site that discusses the Cape Dorset carvings of dancing bears, which explains that for Inuit carvers &quot;serpentine stone is found only in the Baffin Island region where Cape Dorset resides. It is a very hard rock which is very condensed and hard. Because of these properties, Serpentine not only allows for the carving to take on a spectacular glossy and smooth finish, but it is strong and heavy enough to allow subjects like the popular dancing bear to balance firmly on one foot. Other Inuit regions tend to have lighter and softer stone which does not allow them to be able to do this.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://www.inuitsculptures.com/pages/cape-dorset-kingait" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.inuitsculptures.com/pages/cape-dorset-kingait" rel="nofollow">https://www.inuitsculptures.com/pages/cape-dorset-kingait</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also found this on ebay:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-pEAAOSwvgdW2jQ-/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;Inuit Eskimo Serpentine Art carving, Cape Dorset, BIRD, Atchealak, COA 5x4x3&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.ie/itm/inuit-eskimo-serpentine-art-carving-cape-dorset-bird-atchealak-coa-5x4x3/322215812378?hash=item4b058f1d1a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.ie/itm/inuit-eskimo-serpentine-art-carving-cape-dorset-bird-atchealak-coa-5x4x3/322215812378?hash=item4b058f1d1a" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.ie/itm/inuit-eskimo-serpentine-art-carving-cape-dorset-bird-atchealak-coa-5x4x3/322215812378?hash=item4b058f1d1a</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Always happy to learn more! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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