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Father and Son
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaug.06.01
- Artist
- Augaahs
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back perso…
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- Artist
- Augaahs
- Title
- Father and Son
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 23.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back person are extended to the front person giving an indication of pushing; both figures are bent forward at the waist. The fossilized whalebone has an open texture overall.
- Credit
- Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
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Harpooning a Walrus
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Title
- Harpooning a Walrus
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
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igluviga scene
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- EvE.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
- Noywo
- Date
- 1959
- Catalogue Number
- NoY.06.01
- Description
- Dark stone sculpture of a man holding something. Catharine Whyte wrote on slip of paper “Eskimo with design on parka - NOYWO from Povungnituk - where sculpture comes from in Herald.”
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- Artist
- Noywo
- Title
- Man with Bird
- Date
- 1959
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 7.0 x 7.01 cm
- Description
- Dark stone sculpture of a man holding something. Catharine Whyte wrote on slip of paper “Eskimo with design on parka - NOYWO from Povungnituk - where sculpture comes from in Herald.”
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal, bird
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoY.06.01
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Mother and Child
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.03.03
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.03
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Woman in a parka facing left with a child in a parka on her knees facing out.
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- Title
- Mother and Child
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 43 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Woman in a parka facing left with a child in a parka on her knees facing out.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.92
- Description
- A long Narwhal tusk measuring six feet in length and carved from the top to the bottom. At the bottom the carving starts and winds it's way around and around until it reaches the top. The colour at the bottom of the tusk is darker then the colour at the top.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Narwhal Tusk
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 182.8 cm
- Description
- A long Narwhal tusk measuring six feet in length and carved from the top to the bottom. At the bottom the carving starts and winds it's way around and around until it reaches the top. The colour at the bottom of the tusk is darker then the colour at the top.
- Subject
- Inuit
- animal, narwhal
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.92
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LuK.04.01
- Description
- a stylized owl with wings spread. Thick black lines define the image . Stylized feathers on wings tips, breast and tail.
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- Title
- Owl
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 45.9 cm
- Description
- a stylized owl with wings spread. Thick black lines define the image . Stylized feathers on wings tips, breast and tail.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- LuK.04.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.74
- Description
- Seal lying on ice with two front flippers supporting his raised head and two rear flippers extended behind and joined.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seal
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 3.3 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- Seal lying on ice with two front flippers supporting his raised head and two rear flippers extended behind and joined.
- Subject
- Inuit
- animal, seal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.74
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Seal Thoughts of Man
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuD.04.01
- Description
- Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
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- Title
- Seal Thoughts of Man
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 20.6 cm
- Description
- Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- TuD.04.01
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