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Christmas, Refinery Row, Edmonton

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.049
Description
Abstract depiction of oil refineries lit up with Christmas lights.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Christmas, Refinery Row, Edmonton
Date
1969
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
13.6 x 15.8 cm
Description
Abstract depiction of oil refineries lit up with Christmas lights.
Subject
abstract
industry
oil refineries
activity
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.049
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.28 a-c
Description
The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is n…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Ulu, Scraper, Slingshot
Date
prior to 1988
Dimensions
15.2 x 12.5 cm
Description
The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is narrow at one end for your hand and wider and thin at the other for the scraping action. At the narrow end there is a thin piece of skin threaded threw a hole and knotted used for hanging. (c) 89.0 x 4.5 cm A piece of skin with a wide spot in the center and a long strips stitched on either side used for a slingshot. The skin is light in color and also a light weight. At the end of one skin strip there is a hole and at the other there is a section that has been doubled up and stitched. The center piece has two holes in the center.
Subject
activity
hunting
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.28 a-c
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