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Bears and Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.01
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop …
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- Title
- Bears and Woman
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Subject
- animal
- bear
- figure
- female
- mythological
- transformation
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Ashoona, Pitseolak
- Publisher
- West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative ; Cape Dorset, N.W.T
- Call Number
- 06.1 As3p
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- Author
- Ashoona, Pitseolak
- Responsibility
- Pitseolak, Ashoona
- Publisher
- West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative ; Cape Dorset, N.W.T
- Physical Description
- [28] pages illustrations
- Subjects
- Inuit
- Subjects
- Eskimo Art
- Art
- Graphic arts
- Women artists
- Abstract
- Pertains to Pitseolak Ashoona, a Nunatsiarmiut artist who resided in Cape Dorset. She was a prolific graphic artist and contributed extensively to the creation of Indigenous art.
- Notes
- Book is in both French and English.
- Prepared and circulated by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in co-operation with the West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
- Accession Number
- 2019.46
- Call Number
- 06.1 As3p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- URL pertains to an online resource focused on Pitseolak Ashoona and her life
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Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.03
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.03
- Description
- Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 …
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- Title
- Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 DOR/FD 1962-31”.Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Subject
- Figure
- female
- Tool
- ulu
- Mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.03
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.04
- Description
- Line rendering with shading; two bird heads come out of the back of a walrus, the body is grey; a spear with float attached is touching the forehead of the walrus; another float is attached to the right front flipper of the walrus; the left bird has something in its mouth; brc embossed circle 2.8 d…
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- Title
- Walrus / Bird
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- Line rendering with shading; two bird heads come out of the back of a walrus, the body is grey; a spear with float attached is touching the forehead of the walrus; another float is attached to the right front flipper of the walrus; the left bird has something in its mouth; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “#272 - DOR/FR 1962-43”.Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.04
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Walrus, Owl, and Loon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.02
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.02
- Description
- Line renderings of stylized animal and two birds; left walrus facing to the right, owl facing straight ahead, legs apart, loon facing left, wings stretched up at back; the images cover most of the space; to the right an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. letters inside; written on back brc: #41.Bottom reads…
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- Title
- Walrus, Owl, and Loon
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.2 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- Line renderings of stylized animal and two birds; left walrus facing to the right, owl facing straight ahead, legs apart, loon facing left, wings stretched up at back; the images cover most of the space; to the right an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. letters inside; written on back brc: #41.Bottom reads “23/50 Pitseolak”.Back reads “#41”.Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.02
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