Malito Akesuk Walking Bear Jewellery also known as the trickster

also known as the trickster

Otter Family mug by artist Carla Joseph

the tall cedar sculptures called totem poles have become a distinctive symbol of the native people of the Northwest Coast

If understanding our beginnings enable us to know our ends

Malito Akesuk Walking Bear Jewellery also known as the tricksterMalito Akesuk is an Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, known for his realistic carvings of small and medium sized walking bears. His work is influenced by naturalism, observation, and reduction to abstract forms. He primarily carves marble or serpentine, a local stone similar to jade, which he finds in open pit mines on Baffin Island. 1" width x 3. 5 " depth x 2. 5" height