Description
A joyful Dancing Walrus by Peter Parr from Kinngait – Cape Dorset. This dancing Walrus is full of whimsical twist and turns. The overall effect is a rompus romp of motion, blending the natural world with the realm of transformation. This Dancing Walrus by Peter Parr has come to us through a collector who bought the carving directly from Peter Parr around 2005. This dancing walrus, carved from beautiful dark stone, with some green/yellow green serpentine, shows how Peter was influenced by his father – world famous Nuna Parr, and grandfather, the late Parr Parr; a famous graphic artists in Cape Dorset
Several years ago (2012), Peter Parr, 42, was pronounced dead at the health centre after spending several hours in the water clinging to a piece of ice. Parr, along with two others, were returning from the stone quarry in darkness and fog in the early morning on Aug. 26 when their boat capsized after hitting a piece of ice, stated police. According to the RCMP, all three men spent several hours in the water clinging to a piece of ice. A boat passing by came across the stranded men and brought them to their boat but they ran out of gas before reaching land and they paddled a short distance to shore. One man ran about two kilometres to the hamlet and called Cape Dorset RCMP around 9:30 a.m., stated police. When police arrived at the beach north of the hamlet, they found some of the men walking. One of the three men pulled from the water was found in the rescue boat in critical condition before being rushed to the health centre, where he was pronounced dead. You can read the full story on CBC here.
