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Seals and Fish

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Artist: Devie

Date: c. 1965

Catalogue Number: DeV.06.01

Description: Two seals on base, fish lying on ground between them and they are either kissing or fighting over something between their mouths, detail on heads, fish and seals' flippers.

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Artist: Devie

Title: Seals and Fish

Date: c. 1965

Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.0 x 10.3 cm

Description: Two seals on base, fish lying on ground between them and they are either kissing or fighting over something between their mouths, detail on heads, fish and seals' flippers.

Subject: animal; seal; fish

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

Catalogue Number: DeV.06.01

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Fish

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Artist: Eejuka

Date: 1962

Catalogue Number: EeJ.06.01

Description: One piece, carved from narwhal tusk; knife blade and hilt 12.0 long with fish 7.9 butted up against centre of hilt. Carved fins and gills, round eyes inlaid with dark material. Knife and fish have a graceful curve.

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Artist: Eejuka

Title: Fish

Date: 1962

Dimensions: 19.9 x 3.7 cm

Description: One piece, carved from narwhal tusk; knife blade and hilt 12.0 long with fish 7.9 butted up against centre of hilt. Carved fins and gills, round eyes inlaid with dark material. Knife and fish have a graceful curve.

Subject: hunting; fish

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: EeJ.06.01

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Rearing Horse

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Artist: Grace Daniels

Date: c. 1972

Medium: wood; glue; quills; sinew; paint

Catalogue Number: DaG.06.01

Description: Rearing horse with rider wearing a bison horn headdress, holding a spear with right hand. Spear has three quills. Rider and horse scorched and painted; G. Daniels painted on bottom. Grace Daniels is sister of Norman Onespot, who did other scorched wood carvings seen in CRW residence.

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Artist: Grace Daniels

Title: Rearing Horse

Date: c. 1972

Medium: wood; glue; quills; sinew; paint

Dimensions: 29.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: Rearing horse with rider wearing a bison horn headdress, holding a spear with right hand. Spear has three quills. Rider and horse scorched and painted; G. Daniels painted on bottom. Grace Daniels is sister of Norman Onespot, who did other scorched wood carvings seen in CRW residence.

Subject: animal; horse; figure; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: DaG.06.01

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Bird

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Artist: I. Pappy

Date: 1960

Catalogue Number: PaI.06.01

Description: Carved stone sculpture of a bird. Long body tapers in pointed tail, small head with beak. Wings carved on sides.

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Artist: I. Pappy

Title: Bird

Date: 1960

Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: Carved stone sculpture of a bird. Long body tapers in pointed tail, small head with beak. Wings carved on sides.

Subject: animal, bird

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

Catalogue Number: PaI.06.01

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Muskox

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Artist: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler (1921 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Catalogue Number: SmI.06.04 a,b

Description: Grey stone, a realistic rendering of a standing muskox, head in good detail, hanging hair scribed front to back. He stands solidly on his four legs, hooves indicated. Horns made from ivory swoop down in a graceful curve, they sit in an indentation carved into the forehead.

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Artist: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler (1921 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Muskox

Date: 1962

Dimensions: 12.5 x 6.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Grey stone, a realistic rendering of a standing muskox, head in good detail, hanging hair scribed front to back. He stands solidly on his four legs, hooves indicated. Horns made from ivory swoop down in a graceful curve, they sit in an indentation carved into the forehead.

Subject: animal; muskox; ox; hooved

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: SmI.06.04 a,b

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Bird

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Artist: Kalingo

Date: 1960

Catalogue Number: KaL.06.01

Description: Hand carved bird.

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Artist: Kalingo

Title: Bird

Date: 1960

Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.8 x 7.5 cm

Description: Hand carved bird.

Subject: bird

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

Catalogue Number: KaL.06.01

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Pair of Ivory Murrs on Base

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Artist: Levi Amidlak (1931 – , Canadian)

Date: 1962

Catalogue Number: AmL.06.01 a-c

Description: A pair of ivory murrs on a green stone base. (a) base irregularly shaped base, flat on bottom, 7.0 x 4.2 (b) stylized bird 4.8 long, holes drilled for eyes, black inside (c) bird same as (b) 6.3 long

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Artist: Levi Amidlak (1931 – , Canadian)

Title: Pair of Ivory Murrs on Base

Date: 1962

Description: A pair of ivory murrs on a green stone base. (a) base irregularly shaped base, flat on bottom, 7.0 x 4.2 (b) stylized bird 4.8 long, holes drilled for eyes, black inside (c) bird same as (b) 6.3 long