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Animal Figurine Set
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- Date
- 1976
- Material
- ivory; bean
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0106 a,b
- Description
- (a) is a hollowed out, red bean into which rests a stopper in the form of an ivory elephant. Inside the beans lie approximately 100 very miniature elephants enclosed in cellophane. Enclosed in small cardboard box. (b) many very miniature elephants and 1 larger elephant stopper like in (a).
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- Title
- Animal Figurine Set
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- ivory; bean
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 0.5 x 1.0 cm
- Description
- (a) is a hollowed out, red bean into which rests a stopper in the form of an ivory elephant. Inside the beans lie approximately 100 very miniature elephants enclosed in cellophane. Enclosed in small cardboard box. (b) many very miniature elephants and 1 larger elephant stopper like in (a).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0106 a,b
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Bird Figurine Set
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- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0094 a-h
- Description
- A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge lik…
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- Title
- Bird Figurine Set
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 1.2 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge like, with bill in air, white spots, yellow eye. (b) yellow with brown head, long bill, crest on head, striped wing. (c )yellow with green head, long bill in air white dot on wing. (d) yellow, rooster like, with red head and comb, full striped green tail. (e) white with grey head, short bill, brown wings with bands at tips. (f) white with red circle around eye, long bill, brown wings, short tail. (g) blue with red wing, yellow bill and crest, white stripes around neck.( h)grey with black head with crest, red dot on wing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0094 a-h
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Kayaks and Caribou
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- 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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- Date
- 1975 – 1977
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0180
- Description
- Large, heavy, cast brass ?, medallion on long silver chain. Praying, seated Budda figure at centre of front with U shaped motif spaced around edge. Obverse slightly concave with relief casting covering surface. Ring of animals crawl around circular central motif, with other odd, organic shapes cove…
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- Title
- Pendant
- Date
- 1975 – 1977
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 4.7 x 30.9 cm
- Description
- Large, heavy, cast brass ?, medallion on long silver chain. Praying, seated Budda figure at centre of front with U shaped motif spaced around edge. Obverse slightly concave with relief casting covering surface. Ring of animals crawl around circular central motif, with other odd, organic shapes covering surface. Hole pierced through narrow flange at top to hold chain. Chain of heavy silver links.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- travel
- souvenir
- gift
- accessories
- jewlery
- fashion
- households
- adornment
- animal
- religious
- Donna Class
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0180
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AnA.04.01
- Description
- A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
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- Title
- Seal Hunter
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 52.7 x 30.1 cm
- Description
- A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- AnA.04.01
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Seal Hunting in the Old Way
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- 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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- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoN.04.01
- Description
- A long horizontal image of a whale hunt; six hunter in a boat and the whale are black; the wter is a ‘fish-scale’ blue/greenBottom right corner reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ; ᑕᒥ ᐃᕕ”
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- Title
- Whale Hunt
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.5 x 61.5 cm
- Description
- A long horizontal image of a whale hunt; six hunter in a boat and the whale are black; the wter is a ‘fish-scale’ blue/greenBottom right corner reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ; ᑕᒥ ᐃᕕ”
- Credit
- Gift of Alison Rossiter, Navesink, USA, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- NoN.04.01
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