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A Fishing Expedition

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1970

Medium: watercolour on bark

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.01

Description: Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: A Fishing Expedition

Date: c. 1970

Medium: watercolour on bark

Dimensions: 42.7 x 22.4 cm

Description: Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.

Subject: activity, fishing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.01

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Bubba Peibi

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1970

Medium: watercolour on bark

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.02

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Bubba Peibi

Date: c. 1970

Medium: watercolour on bark

Dimensions: 46.0 x 20.9 cm

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.02

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Inuit Man

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1960 – 1970

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.03

Description: Miniature marble sculpture of a man standing with feet and arms splayed. Rudimentary clothing and facial details are incised.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Inuit Man

Date: 1960 – 1970

Dimensions: 3.0 x 2.4 cm

Description: Miniature marble sculpture of a man standing with feet and arms splayed. Rudimentary clothing and facial details are incised.

Subject: figure, male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.03

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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.

Subject: animal; seal; group

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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Hunter on Ice

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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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Weasel

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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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Twin Walruses

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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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Man with Loon

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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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Indian Girl

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1965 – 1975

Medium: petit point on mesh

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.05

Description: The head of a small Indiginous girl, with braids, headband and feathers.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Indian Girl

Date: 1965 – 1975

Medium: petit point on mesh

Dimensions: 10.0 x 8.0 cm

Description: The head of a small Indiginous girl, with braids, headband and feathers.

Subject: figure, child

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.05

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Indian Girl

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1965 – 1975

Medium: petit point on mesh

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.06

Description: Head of a small Indigenous girl, short hair, cow lick, green headband with a feather.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Indian Girl

Date: 1965 – 1975

Medium: petit point on mesh

Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 cm

Description: Head of a small Indigenous girl, short hair, cow lick, green headband with a feather.

Subject: figure, child

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.06

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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.