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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 19
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 10
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 6
- Iola 4
- Kaka Ashoona (1928 – 1996, Canadian) 4
- Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian) 4
- Aalook (1938 – , Canadian) 3
- Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian) 3
- Joanassie Oomayoualook (1934 – , Canadian) 3
- Abraham Nastapoka (1900 – 1981, Canadian) 2
- Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian ) 2
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1974
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.72
- Description
- Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Toongat
- Date
- 1974
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
- Subject
- Inuit
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.72
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1965
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.62
- Description
- Sculpted man with loon. Standing man, facing left, holding loon bill with right mitten and supporting rest of bird with left mitten on bird's back; 71583 scratched on bottom; figure highly polished and standing on scored base; details in bird, clothing, face.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man with Loon
- Date
- 1965
- Dimensions
- 13.3 x 3.0 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Sculpted man with loon. Standing man, facing left, holding loon bill with right mitten and supporting rest of bird with left mitten on bird's back; 71583 scratched on bottom; figure highly polished and standing on scored base; details in bird, clothing, face.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, bird
- loon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.62
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Seal Group of 4
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seal Group of 4
- Date
- 1962
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features inscribed.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
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Walrus Hunting
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1960
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.17
- Description
- Three piece walrus hunting sculpture, hunter with twine to (1) float and (2) walrus.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Walrus Hunting
- Date
- 1960
- Description
- Three piece walrus hunting sculpture, hunter with twine to (1) float and (2) walrus.
- Subject
- animal, seal
- figure, male
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.17
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1960
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.18
- Description
- Stone carving of a seal hunter on ice. The figure is bending over and looking at the ground. The figure is holding a spear made of ivory that has a leather cord. There is a carved pipe through a hole in one of the figure’s hands. The figure is affixed to a base with posts in the feet that insert in…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Hunter on Ice
- Date
- 1960
- Description
- Stone carving of a seal hunter on ice. The figure is bending over and looking at the ground. The figure is holding a spear made of ivory that has a leather cord. There is a carved pipe through a hole in one of the figure’s hands. The figure is affixed to a base with posts in the feet that insert into holes.
- Subject
- figure, male
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.18
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1960
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.19
- Description
- Small dark stone sculpture of a weasel standing on four legs.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Weasel
- Date
- 1960
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 2.5 x 16.4 cm
- Description
- Small dark stone sculpture of a weasel standing on four legs.
- Subject
- animal, weasel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.19
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1960
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.21
- Description
- Twin Walruses carved of black stone. Ivory tusks. Incised facial features.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Twin Walruses
- Date
- 1960
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 13.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Twin Walruses carved of black stone. Ivory tusks. Incised facial features.
- Subject
- animal, walrus
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.21
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.32
- Description
- Standing Polar Bear, with arms hanging in front of body. He has pointed ears and carved toes. His back shows the natural design of the ivory it is carved from.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Polar Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 8.00 x 2.50 cm
- Description
- Standing Polar Bear, with arms hanging in front of body. He has pointed ears and carved toes. His back shows the natural design of the ivory it is carved from.
- Subject
- animal
- polar bear
- bear
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.32
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.84
- Description
- Walrus with head turned to the left, flippers out to the side. Carved features with two non-removable ivory tusks.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Walrus
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 2.4 cm
- Description
- Walrus with head turned to the left, flippers out to the side. Carved features with two non-removable ivory tusks.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.84
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Narwhal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 1.6 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Black Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
- Subject
- bear
- black bear
- teeth
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
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Woman and Baby
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.80
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Woman and Baby
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 5.6 cm
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.80
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Two Fish on Base
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.01a-c
- Description
- Two black fish,long and narrow carved out of a black colored stone. The detail of the gills, eyes ,mouth and fins are carved.The two fish one a bit larger then the other have bone pegs that hold them on to the base which is also stone. The base has yellow and light green colors.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Two Fish on Base
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 8.2 x 13.3 cm
- Description
- Two black fish,long and narrow carved out of a black colored stone. The detail of the gills, eyes ,mouth and fins are carved.The two fish one a bit larger then the other have bone pegs that hold them on to the base which is also stone. The base has yellow and light green colors.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.01a-c
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
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Bird Group in Caribou Antler
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
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- Unknown
- Title
- Bird Group in Caribou Antler
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
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Sealskin Hunter and Bear
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a …
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Sealskin Hunter and Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 20.5 cm
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a woven grass circle. The man has painted black features and a skin fringe hanging from the edges of his parka. The polar bear has painted features and an open mouth.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
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Ulu, Scraper, Slingshot
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.28 a-c
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Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear
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- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.29 a-d
- Description
- (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon i…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 16.6 cm
- Description
- (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon is in three pieces. The wood handle is 38.5cm and the three separate pieces of ivory and metal that form the spear end are light in color. The metal tip end has a piece of thin skin attached. The wood handle also has a thin piece of skin attached at one end. The holding line is broken and separated. (c) The bow is 26.5 cm ,light in color and made from bone. At each end there is a notched area used to tie the sinew to. The sinew on this bow is braided. (d) 26.5 cm This fish spear has a wooden handle and three prongs at the top held together with a piece of sinew. The spear also has a spear rest that has a hole drilled in the center, a foot shape at one end and a carved out space in the center for the spear.
- Subject
- activity
- hunting
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.29 a-d
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Lidded Basket with Four Faces
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- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.22 a,b
- Description
- Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .
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- Title
- Lidded Basket with Four Faces
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 19.0 cm
- Description
- Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .
- Subject
- portrait
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.22 a,b
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Lidded Oval Basket
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- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.15 a,b
- Description
- Long, oval basket with fitted lid. Flat lid has a half circle ivory handle. Various geometric designs in brown skin strips around centre of basket.
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- Unknown
- Title
- Lidded Oval Basket
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 13.5 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Long, oval basket with fitted lid. Flat lid has a half circle ivory handle. Various geometric designs in brown skin strips around centre of basket.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.15 a,b
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