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- Artist
- Abraham (1927 – , Canadian)
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- AbR.06.01
- Description
- Two otters lying on a platform over fish, tail in mouth of one otter, body in mouth of other otter, details show whiskers, claws, eyes, nostrils, fish head.
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- Artist
- Abraham (1927 – , Canadian)
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 5.5 x 13.2 cm
- Description
- Two otters lying on a platform over fish, tail in mouth of one otter, body in mouth of other otter, details show whiskers, claws, eyes, nostrils, fish head.
- Subject
- animal, otter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AbR.06.01
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Two Otters Playing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcad.06.01
- Date
- 1966
- Catalogue Number
- CaD.06.01
- Description
- A single piece of driftwood, light brown, highly polished in an exagerated horseshoe shape, carved to signify two otters at play. The tails touch the base their heads and forelegs swerve upwards into a graceful arch. A laminated piece of wood is shaped to form a base for one hind leg of one otter a…
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- Title
- Two Otters Playing
- Date
- 1966
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40 x 67 cm
- Description
- A single piece of driftwood, light brown, highly polished in an exagerated horseshoe shape, carved to signify two otters at play. The tails touch the base their heads and forelegs swerve upwards into a graceful arch. A laminated piece of wood is shaped to form a base for one hind leg of one otter and the base for the back/rump of the other. This smaller piece is attached to a flat U-shaped piece of wood which is the base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- CaD.06.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.30
- Description
- standing otter; front and back feet pointing foreward, head up; features defined as well as ears; eyes, nostrils and mouth black; tail straight back; natural striped colouring, white and ivory seam runs full length from chin between legs and belly, continues top of tail.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Otter
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 13.7 cm
- Description
- standing otter; front and back feet pointing foreward, head up; features defined as well as ears; eyes, nostrils and mouth black; tail straight back; natural striped colouring, white and ivory seam runs full length from chin between legs and belly, continues top of tail.
- Subject
- animal, otter
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.30
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Otter with Fish
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.29
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.29
- Description
- one piece ivory otter, standing with tail straight out; head up with a fish in his mouth; faintly inscribed details of eyes in otter as well as fish, and gills.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Otter with Fish
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- one piece ivory otter, standing with tail straight out; head up with a fish in his mouth; faintly inscribed details of eyes in otter as well as fish, and gills.
- Subject
- animal, otter
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.29
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Otter with Fish
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.57
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.57
- Description
- Otter on platform base, biting fish's head while fish being held in left forepaw, which has seven claws; details scratched for ears, eyes, whiskers, mouth; Inuit symbols on base include possibly number 98; removed Canadian Eskimo Art and 34 stickers. Poss. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Otter with Fish
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 4.3 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- Otter on platform base, biting fish's head while fish being held in left forepaw, which has seven claws; details scratched for ears, eyes, whiskers, mouth; Inuit symbols on base include possibly number 98; removed Canadian Eskimo Art and 34 stickers. Poss. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip.
- Subject
- animal, otter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.57
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- SkD.06.03 a,b
- Description
- black stone, pair of otters sitting on their haunches, front feet tight against the body, carved feet and features, eyes and nose inlaid with a white substance
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- Title
- Pair of Otters
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- black stone, pair of otters sitting on their haunches, front feet tight against the body, carved feet and features, eyes and nose inlaid with a white substance
- Subject
- animal, otter
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- SkD.06.03 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- ToP.06.01 a,b
- Description
- (a.) Dark green stone, otter standing with had up but turned slightly to the right with mouth open, smooth and graceful form. Otter's tail has a slight bend to the ground. (b) Ivory fish , 3.2 dm. long , hangs by the head from the otter's mouth.
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- Title
- Otter With Fish
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- (a.) Dark green stone, otter standing with had up but turned slightly to the right with mouth open, smooth and graceful form. Otter's tail has a slight bend to the ground. (b) Ivory fish , 3.2 dm. long , hangs by the head from the otter's mouth.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ToP.06.01 a,b
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- Artist
- Adam (1925 – , Canadian)
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- AdA.06.01
- Description
- The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smoot…
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- Artist
- Adam (1925 – , Canadian)
- Title
- Otter
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.9 x 16.1 cm
- Description
- The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smooth surface.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AdA.06.01
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Lutra Canadensis Pelt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0018
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0018
- Description
- A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag atta…
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- Title
- Lutra Canadensis Pelt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 128.0 cm
- Description
- A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag attached is marked “XLU-PB $100.00 Black otter - very rare.” The head is marked, with pencil, “LU.PB” and the body has “Bliss & Cohn Ltd. --nnipeg Man.” stamped inside a diamond shape with “WM”? perforated in the tail.
- Subject
- households
- animals, river otter
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0018
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Lutra Canadensis Pelts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0026%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0026 a,b
- Description
- Two tanned, flat open river otter pelts: a) A short thick glossy brown fur becoming very light and silvery on the sides of the head (throat) with a long dark tail with a thick base. There are several small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). The fur is marked with “UU.NN $65.00” on the head, “A.…
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- Title
- Lutra Canadensis Pelts
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 50.0 (a); 44.0 (b) x 173.0 (a); 159.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two tanned, flat open river otter pelts: a) A short thick glossy brown fur becoming very light and silvery on the sides of the head (throat) with a long dark tail with a thick base. There are several small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). The fur is marked with “UU.NN $65.00” on the head, “A.H. &S. Ltd - Montreal - Can” stamped inside an ovel on the body, and with “UN,” “WM” and “32” perforated at the tail.b) A short thick glossy brown fur becoming silvery at the edges (belly and throat) with a long thick tail. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). The fur is marked “EI BN --66” on the head with “EB” and other illegible initials perforated at the tail.
- Subject
- households
- animals, river otter
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0026 a,b
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