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Hunter's Worries
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthlr.03.04
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Hunter's Worries
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
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Inuit Hunter Spearing Seal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactken.04.02
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KeN.04.02
- Description
- tlc is a line rendering of an igloo with 2 humps; a parka clad man has his right arm raised and holding a speear which is pointing downwards towards a seal; the man and seal are black, the parka and leggings have white trim; off the right of the picture is an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. with letter i…
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- Title
- Inuit Hunter Spearing Seal
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- tlc is a line rendering of an igloo with 2 humps; a parka clad man has his right arm raised and holding a speear which is pointing downwards towards a seal; the man and seal are black, the parka and leggings have white trim; off the right of the picture is an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. with letter inside;Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kenoyouk”Back reads “#274 - DoR/Fg 1962-19”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KeN.04.02
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Inuit in Kayak
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttax.06.01
- Date
- 1952
- Catalogue Number
- TaX.06.01
- Description
- Grey-green stone sculpture of a figure wearing a hooded coat sitting in a closed kayak. The figure is holding a ivory/bone paddle and there is a coil of leather rope holding a ivory/bone spear and a stone animal on the back of the kayak. The figure has carved features. On the bottom of the kayak “T…
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- Title
- Inuit in Kayak
- Date
- 1952
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 21.0 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Grey-green stone sculpture of a figure wearing a hooded coat sitting in a closed kayak. The figure is holding a ivory/bone paddle and there is a coil of leather rope holding a ivory/bone spear and a stone animal on the back of the kayak. The figure has carved features. On the bottom of the kayak “TATIGATE E5 - 553” is engraved roughly.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TaX.06.01
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Ivory kayak scene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsui.06.01
- Artist
- Suitak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figu…
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- Artist
- Suitak
- Title
- Ivory kayak scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 3.6 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figure with a paddle in both hands ready for action. There is a ivory caribou swimming to the front and left of the kayak.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
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Kayaks and Caribou
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactags.04.01
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AgS.04.01
- Description
- Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
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- Title
- Kayaks and Caribou
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.7 x 99.1 cm
- Description
- Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
- Subject
- transportation
- kayak
- animal
- caribou
- hunting
- Credit
- Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- AgS.04.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.44 a,b
- Description
- green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in ha…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man with Fish
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 6.8 cm
- Description
- green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in hand and fish.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.44 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- copper engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.04
- Description
- A page full of animals, birds and 3 people. The hunters are carrying knives, and/or other hunting equipment and a dead bird. Stylized black and white images float on the page. Off the right of the image an embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.
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- Title
- Men Hunting
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- copper engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- A page full of animals, birds and 3 people. The hunters are carrying knives, and/or other hunting equipment and a dead bird. Stylized black and white images float on the page. Off the right of the image an embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.
- Subject
- hunting
- figure, male
- animal,
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.04
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Neolithic Age
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.7 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.
- Subject
- animal, buffalo
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
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Only Buffaloes Can Call Buffaloes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.03
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.03
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Two figures wearing horned headresses, face left in the center. In a row behind them are five silouetted bison images looking like the figures. Above and below this are large and small images of a bison standing on his front legs. They all face right.
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- Title
- Only Buffaloes Can Call Buffaloes
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Two figures wearing horned headresses, face left in the center. In a row behind them are five silouetted bison images looking like the figures. Above and below this are large and small images of a bison standing on his front legs. They all face right.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, buffalo
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.03
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Only Buffaloes Can Call Buffaloes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.07
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.07
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Two figures wearing horned headresses, face left in the center. In a row behind them are five silouetted bison images looking like the figures. Above and below this are large and small images of a bison standing on his front legs. They all face right.
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- Title
- Only Buffaloes Can Call Buffaloes
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Two figures wearing horned headresses, face left in the center. In a row behind them are five silouetted bison images looking like the figures. Above and below this are large and small images of a bison standing on his front legs. They all face right.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, buffalo
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.07
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Polar Bear Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.08
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.08
- Description
- The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. Th…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Polar Bear Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. The four dogs are on three sides of the polar bear. The edges of the wall hanging are stitched with a criss cross in fibre colours yellow and brown. All the figures are cut out shapes and are all stitched on with a fibre thread.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.08
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Portfolio of 4 murals
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyn.10.01
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyN.10.01
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- Title
- Portfolio of 4 murals
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 26.9 cm
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, bird
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyN.10.01
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- Artist
- Noolookie
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- NoO.06.01
- Description
- Standing male figure hunched over seal being held against knees between mittens. seal's head is slouched back and line seen down centre torso, possibly representing skinning procedure. Details on seal face, parka trim, kamiks (boots). Piece is top heavy and falls over very easily. Scratched on bott…
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- Artist
- Noolookie
- Title
- Seal Hunter
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 9.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Standing male figure hunched over seal being held against knees between mittens. seal's head is slouched back and line seen down centre torso, possibly representing skinning procedure. Details on seal face, parka trim, kamiks (boots). Piece is top heavy and falls over very easily. Scratched on bottom E321449? also Noolookie sticker removed from base.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, seal
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoO.06.01
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Seal Hunting in the Old Way
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.23
- Artist
- Tivi Etok (1928 – )
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.23
- Description
- Black silhouettes of parka clad person throwing a harpoon into the stomach of a seal. The picture is very animated and quite detailed, the writing is in pencil.Text reads “10/50 / ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᐊᓗᒍ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓯᑯᑯ ᐸᒍᐸᑐᕕᓂ ᐅᓗᓕᒪᑲᓴ ᓇᐅᓕᒍᓇᓯᒐᓱᐊᓱᓂ ᓯᑯᑯ / ᑎᕕ ᐃᑐ 1974”
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- Artist
- Tivi Etok (1928 – )
- Title
- Seal Hunting in the Old Way
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0; 54.5 x 38.0; 74.5 cm
- Description
- Black silhouettes of parka clad person throwing a harpoon into the stomach of a seal. The picture is very animated and quite detailed, the writing is in pencil.Text reads “10/50 / ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᐊᓗᒍ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓯᑯᑯ ᐸᒍᐸᑐᕕᓂ ᐅᓗᓕᒪᑲᓴ ᓇᐅᓕᒍᓇᓯᒐᓱᐊᓱᓂ ᓯᑯᑯ / ᑎᕕ ᐃᑐ 1974”
- Subject
- animal, seal
- figure, male
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.23
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Sealskin Hunter and Bear
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.18
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- BiR.04.01
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Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactniv.04.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiV.04.01
- Description
- General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).
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- Title
- Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.9 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).
- Subject
- animal, seal
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- NiV.04.01
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Snowshoe Hunter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.03.08
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- charcoal, graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.08
- Description
- A man holding a gun and walking with snowshoes on is hunting. He is wearing a hooded jacket with a hat under the hood, a dark pair of pants and big socks pulled up over his pant legs. He is walking to the right side of the image from the left. Behind the hunter, drawn in are trees, the ground and s…
- Title
- Snowshoe Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Medium
- charcoal, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 36.9 cm
- Description
- A man holding a gun and walking with snowshoes on is hunting. He is wearing a hooded jacket with a hat under the hood, a dark pair of pants and big socks pulled up over his pant legs. He is walking to the right side of the image from the left. Behind the hunter, drawn in are trees, the ground and some snowshoe tracks.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- activity
- hunting
- snowshoeing
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.08
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A Story of Waders and a Slough and Ducks ????
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.465
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.465
- Description
- A pencil of three figures where the left figure shoots a rifle. BANG-BANG-BANG comes from the rifle. Ducks fly in the sky. Central figure stands in the middle of a slough. A Story of Waders and a Slough and Ducks ???? [below drawing]
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- Title
- A Story of Waders and a Slough and Ducks ????
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A pencil of three figures where the left figure shoots a rifle. BANG-BANG-BANG comes from the rifle. Ducks fly in the sky. Central figure stands in the middle of a slough. A Story of Waders and a Slough and Ducks ???? [below drawing]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.465
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Tracking the Moose
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkrc.02.02
- Date
- prior to 1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KrC.02.02
- Description
- General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…
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- Title
- Tracking the Moose
- Date
- prior to 1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21.9 x 26.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.
- Subject
- figure, male
- winter
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- KrC.02.02
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