What did the Inuit use for art?
Like most native tribes, the Inuit found art subjects in the world that surrounded them. The animals they hunted, the animals they tamed, the successful hunt, the canoe or kayak, the tribe elders, the plants they grew for food or used for decoration...all gave rise to art forms. Simple decorated bowls, carved useful items..such as spoons or ladles, decorative wall hangings all bore depictions of what they saw, used and knew. The more skilled the artist, the more elaborate the art. Their carvings and pictographs could be used to tell a story, when linked together. As the outside world moved in, they realized the value of their art as "trade" items, and started producing goods for trade and/or sale as souveniers.
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