Two Inuit Hunters, In Traditional Parkas, Fighting A Polar Bear With One Ivory Knife.

The Bears Tusk Is Of Ivory. This Piece Is Made From One Piece Of Stone. Box #: 11 Artifact: Carving Brown Soapstone, Ivory Where: Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut Date: Unknown Artist Name (English): Seepee Ipellie 1940 - 2000 Artist Name (Inuktitut): None Signed: Yes Story: We Travelled In And Out Of Iqaluit Many Times On Our Way Business Meetings Or Holidays And Purchased Many Pieces Of Art. This Carving Presents A Scene of Two Hunters Fighting A Polar Bear. One Hunter Has A Knife Made Of Ivory While The Other Hunter Seems To Have Lost His In The Fight And Is Trying To Push The Bear Away With His Foot. The Bear Is Bitting One Hunters Hand.