A Satisfying Shopping Trip

We have some friends visiting from abroad in a few weeks. I had the idea to purchase some Inuit gifts for them. So we went downtown to The Eskimo Art Gallery and found some great gifts. At first we were a bit put off by the prices of sculpture at the front of the store (there was a beautiful stone bear for $5,000), but fortunately they had other 'more suitable' items. I was initially thinking of soapstone Inuksuks, but then I noticed some pretty jewelry and ended up choosing these items:



From left to right, we have a bear paw made from hematite stone, a polar bear made from bone and hematite, and an energy symbol made from hematite. While the saleslady was wrapping these up, I noticed they had already got their 2012 Inuit Art Calendars in. I got 3 small ones and she wrapped them up for me as well. I was really happy with our purchases. It turns out the saleslady is the gallery owner as well. She does a lot of travelling, to source her gallery items. Her customer service was excellent, as were her prices, and I think we will be back. She gets a lot of business from corporate customers and is crazy busy in the fall.

Here is the calendar (front and back):