Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

1 records – page 1 of 1.

Artist
Charlie Eepoo (1913 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EeC.06.01 a-c
Description
A bird made out of ivory soars with wings outstretched. Wings and tail have scalloped edges to indicate feathers. Nicely carved head with small black eyes, short legs. Hole in breast of seagull has a removable tapered bone stick that can be stuck into stone base. Stone base is shaped like a he…
  1 image  
Artist
Charlie Eepoo (1913 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
11.4 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm
Description
A bird made out of ivory soars with wings outstretched. Wings and tail have scalloped edges to indicate feathers. Nicely carved head with small black eyes, short legs. Hole in breast of seagull has a removable tapered bone stick that can be stuck into stone base. Stone base is shaped like a headless seal.Base is carved with 1616, indicating the artist’s disc number.a) White post. 4.5 cm long, 0.2cm at tip, 0.4 cm at base. b) Black base. Dimensions 5.5cm x 7.5cm x 5.7 cmc) White bird. Dimensions 10.3cm x 3.0 cm x 1.2 cm
Subject
animal
bird
flying
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeC.06.01 a-c
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Back to Top