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One Caribou Swimming

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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.01
Description
Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.
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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Title
One Caribou Swimming
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
2.9 x 12.7 cm
Description
Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.
Subject
animal
caribou
elk
swimming
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.01
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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.02 a,b
Description
A bird sits on top of a bear, looking off to the left. (a) The bird 5.0 high is nicely carved, wings, eyes and beak defined. A hole in flat bottom has a peg to stabalize it to the bear. (b) The bear 3.8 x 7.8 x 3.8 is lying down. Ears, nose and mouth, eyes carved, tail is also carved. A hole …
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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1962
Description
A bird sits on top of a bear, looking off to the left. (a) The bird 5.0 high is nicely carved, wings, eyes and beak defined. A hole in flat bottom has a peg to stabalize it to the bear. (b) The bear 3.8 x 7.8 x 3.8 is lying down. Ears, nose and mouth, eyes carved, tail is also carved. A hole is drilled into centre back.
Subject
animal
bear
bird
group
pair
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.02 a,b
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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.03
Description
A swimming bird with head up, flat bottom. Wings carved into side and tail feathers indicated. Eyes and beak carved.
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Artist
Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)
Title
Bird
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
4.8 x 2.5 cm
Description
A swimming bird with head up, flat bottom. Wings carved into side and tail feathers indicated. Eyes and beak carved.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AaL.06.03
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Artist
Abba
Date
c. 1952
Catalogue Number
AbA.06.01
Description
A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.
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Artist
Abba
Title
Animal Sculpture
Date
c. 1952
Dimensions
7.5 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm
Description
A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.
Subject
animal
walrus
seal
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AbA.06.01
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Artist
Adamie Niviaxie (1925 – , Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AdA.06.01
Description
The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smoot…
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Artist
Adamie Niviaxie (1925 – , Canadian)
Title
Otter
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
3.5 x 3.9 x 16.1 cm
Description
The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smooth surface.
Subject
animal
otter
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AdA.06.01
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Artist
Agiak
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AgI.06.01
Description
dark green stone; bird silhouette; stylized profile of a bird; sitting facing to the right; faint circle for an eye; deep cut arch for wing; sculpture is flat one side and at the feet.
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Artist
Agiak
Title
Bird
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.7 cm
Description
dark green stone; bird silhouette; stylized profile of a bird; sitting facing to the right; faint circle for an eye; deep cut arch for wing; sculpture is flat one side and at the feet.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AgI.06.01
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Artist
Alasuak
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
AlA.06.01
Description
A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base…
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Artist
Alasuak
Title
Large seal
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
17.0 x 18.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base of the sculpture, there is a carved inscription that reads “ ALASUAK 261121”
Subject
animal
seal; Inuit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AlA.06.01
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Artist
Amidlak (1897 – 1961, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1961
Catalogue Number
AmE.06.01
Description
Dark green stone, seal lying on stomach with head up, front flippers out to side, back flippers straight back, carved mouth and nostrils, flippers and tail, holes for nostrils, round incised eyes
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Artist
Amidlak (1897 – 1961, Canadian)
Title
Seal
Date
prior to 1961
Dimensions
6.0 x 6.0 x 11.0 cm
Description
Dark green stone, seal lying on stomach with head up, front flippers out to side, back flippers straight back, carved mouth and nostrils, flippers and tail, holes for nostrils, round incised eyes
Subject
animal
seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AmE.06.01
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1940
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.20
Description
A painted plaster cast that is a realistic rendering of a pack horse walking; saddled, packed with the diamond hitch. The horse is light brown with a blond mane and tail, white face and white socks (bottom of legs). Brand 0 with _( bar) underneath) viewer’s left flank. The blanket is red and the pa…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Roany
Date
1940
Dimensions
15.0 x 7.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
A painted plaster cast that is a realistic rendering of a pack horse walking; saddled, packed with the diamond hitch. The horse is light brown with a blond mane and tail, white face and white socks (bottom of legs). Brand 0 with _( bar) underneath) viewer’s left flank. The blanket is red and the pack is dirty white, string tied to girth strap support.
Subject
animal
horse
packhorse
Charlie Beil
Credit
Gift of John and Isamay Ballachey, Calgary, 2012
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.20
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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in…
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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Title
Settin’ Down
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
40.7 x 30.3 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in his mouth, the other is in the forefront setting down a decoy, he has 2 others under his left arm.
Subject
animal
ducks
figure
male
activity
hunting
flying
Credit
Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.06
Description
General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.0 x 59.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
mountain
Mount Assiniboine
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.06
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.08
Description
Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the …
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Mount Saskatchewan
Date
1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.0 x 51.0 cm
Description
Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the left side of the painting with their backs to the right.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
mountain
animal
mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.08
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944 – 1962
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.15
Description
The central figure is a reclining deer on the bank of a small mountain lake in the forest. On either side of the deer are trees, some without leaves, a few evergreens and a small larch to the right. The lake is dark green and blue with light vegetation on the opposite side and a dark forest of ever…
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1944 – 1962
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
The central figure is a reclining deer on the bank of a small mountain lake in the forest. On either side of the deer are trees, some without leaves, a few evergreens and a small larch to the right. The lake is dark green and blue with light vegetation on the opposite side and a dark forest of evergreens behind.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
lake
animal
deer
Credit
Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.15
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Miners' Homes, Canmore

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.24
Description
A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Miners' Homes, Canmore
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.3 x 37.0 cm
Description
A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.
Subject
architecture
urban
figure
boy
animal
horse
landscape
The Three Sisters
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.24
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Artist
Thomasee Echalook (1935 – 2011, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EcT.06.01
Description
mottled green stone, sitting owl, head turned slightly to the left, nicely carved, round eyes, feathers indicated on head, neck and top of wings, wing feathers carved out along bottom
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Artist
Thomasee Echalook (1935 – 2011, Canadian)
Title
Owl
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
7.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
mottled green stone, sitting owl, head turned slightly to the left, nicely carved, round eyes, feathers indicated on head, neck and top of wings, wing feathers carved out along bottom
Subject
animal
owl
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EcT.06.01
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Artist
Charlie Eepoo (1913 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EeC.06.01 a-c
Description
A bird made out of ivory soars with wings outstretched. Wings and tail have scalloped edges to indicate feathers. Nicely carved head with small black eyes, short legs. Hole in breast of seagull has a removable tapered bone stick that can be stuck into stone base. Stone base is shaped like a he…
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Artist
Charlie Eepoo (1913 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
11.4 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm
Description
A bird made out of ivory soars with wings outstretched. Wings and tail have scalloped edges to indicate feathers. Nicely carved head with small black eyes, short legs. Hole in breast of seagull has a removable tapered bone stick that can be stuck into stone base. Stone base is shaped like a headless seal.Base is carved with 1616, indicating the artist’s disc number.a) White post. 4.5 cm long, 0.2cm at tip, 0.4 cm at base. b) Black base. Dimensions 5.5cm x 7.5cm x 5.7 cmc) White bird. Dimensions 10.3cm x 3.0 cm x 1.2 cm
Subject
animal
bird
flying
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeC.06.01 a-c
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Artist
Eeteeolie
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EeT.06.01 a-c
Description
(a) Walrus head and neck area only. The walrus head is pointing straight up with its nose in the air. The neck area has many lines incised in it from one side to the other. The eyes, nose and mouth detail are also incised in to the stone. The stone color is a gray/green. (b,c) Walrus teeth made fr…
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Artist
Eeteeolie
Title
Walrus Head
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
24.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
(a) Walrus head and neck area only. The walrus head is pointing straight up with its nose in the air. The neck area has many lines incised in it from one side to the other. The eyes, nose and mouth detail are also incised in to the stone. The stone color is a gray/green. (b,c) Walrus teeth made from wood, very golden brown in color and measuring 10cm in length.
Subject
animal
walrus
tusk
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeT.06.01 a-c
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Artist
Etegokjak
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EtE.06.01 a,b
Description
Black stone, bird with head high and tilted back, wings carved, features incised, hole drilled in bottom near tail. The bird sits on a wooden peg which is inserted into a hole drilled in the base. The base is flat bottomed with a rounded top ca 2.5 at highest point, a very abstract representat…
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Artist
Etegokjak
Title
Bird on Seal
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
8.5 x 9.0 x 11.5 cm
Description
Black stone, bird with head high and tilted back, wings carved, features incised, hole drilled in bottom near tail. The bird sits on a wooden peg which is inserted into a hole drilled in the base. The base is flat bottomed with a rounded top ca 2.5 at highest point, a very abstract representation of a seal with only a back flipper recognizable
Subject
animal
bird
seal
pair
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EtE.06.01 a,b
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Artist
Evetalegak
Date
c. 1950
Catalogue Number
EvE.06.01
Description
Wooden sculpture showing two figures standing in side of a circular structure that is topped with a wooden dome. There are tools, a sled, and a dog outside of the structure. The removable dome has a small window covered in resin/plastic.
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Artist
Evetalegak
Title
igluviga scene
Date
c. 1950
Dimensions
11.2 x 16.2 cm
Description
Wooden sculpture showing two figures standing in side of a circular structure that is topped with a wooden dome. There are tools, a sled, and a dog outside of the structure. The removable dome has a small window covered in resin/plastic.
Subject
figure
male
animal
dog
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
EvE.06.01
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Spirit - Bird, Bear, Hunter

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Artist
Iola
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
IoL.06.01
Description
Mottled grey stone, solid carved block. Owl-like bird has a bear draped fully over back. Back of bird and under the bear are 2 carved faces, one 11.0x8.5, other 6.0x4.5. The bird and the bear have ivory inset round eyes, bird's 1.0 dia. bear's .4 dia. Some other dark substance inset into the eyes …
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Artist
Iola
Title
Spirit - Bird, Bear, Hunter
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
16.8 x 20.6 cm
Description
Mottled grey stone, solid carved block. Owl-like bird has a bear draped fully over back. Back of bird and under the bear are 2 carved faces, one 11.0x8.5, other 6.0x4.5. The bird and the bear have ivory inset round eyes, bird's 1.0 dia. bear's .4 dia. Some other dark substance inset into the eyes as pupils. The base which is part of the block is a triangular shape 21.0x20.9.
Subject
animal
mythological
human
face
bear
bird
spirit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
IoL.06.01
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