Inuit art: Standing Bear
Inuit Artist: Matthew Tiulana
Size: 5” across, 2" wide
Community: Nome, Alaska 11/26
Medium: Ivory
id: L-9980fjjy
NOTE** Inuit Art is Handcrafted in Canada.
** This Item is Eligible for Our 0% Interest Layaway Plan
U.S. buyers cannot purchase this piece due to Ivory restrictions from the Canadian Government Customs. We ship only to a Canadian address.
Tiulana carved on the Canadian DEW Line in the 1960s.
The DEW Line was the Distant Early Warning Line which was a system of Cold War radar and communication stations built across the Arctic to detect incoming Soviet bombers and missiles.
There were more than 60 radar installations.
It stretched 5000 km from northwestern Alaska, across the Canadian Arctic and into Greenland and Iceland.
Starting in 1954, the DEW Line was built by the USA and Canada.
It was decommissioned in 1993.
The goal was to give North American defense forces early warning against a polar attack from the Soviet Union.
Local Inuit communities participated in the construction and operations. The project brought major cultural disruption and left behind environmental waste.
The DEW Line was phased out and replaced by the modern North Warning System in 1993.
PAWS is an exquisite ivory Standing bear.
He stands on both feet, paws flexed.
This bear is focused on scenting the air in his environment.
The warm patina of the ivory is the perfect material for this lovely polar bear.
s warmOne can picture this courageous Polar bear walking from base to base, defending his Arctic home.|
Do you love history? Imagine being the steward of this exceptional bear!
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