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Camp Life and Animals

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.02
Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.02
Description
Print of various animals and five (5) people, one (1) bird, stylized features but very expressive; the images are shaded grey; embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside in BRC; Bottom reads “24/50 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#35”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp Life and Animals
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
24.1 x 30.2 cm
Description
Print of various animals and five (5) people, one (1) bird, stylized features but very expressive; the images are shaded grey; embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside in BRC; Bottom reads “24/50 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#35”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
Subject
figures
animals
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.02
Images
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Images
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Kikqavik and the Hunter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.08
Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.08
Description
Black silhouettes of a hunter and three (3) birds and one animal/bird; all figures stylized and exaggerated;
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Kikqavik and the Hunter
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
50 x 50.5 cm
Description
Black silhouettes of a hunter and three (3) birds and one animal/bird; all figures stylized and exaggerated;
Subject
hunter
animals
birds
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.08
Images
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Men in Canoe and Kayak

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.05
Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.05
Description
Grey engrave images; 2 men in canoe centre right, lower left a man in a kayak; various animals; mostly seals floating over picture; off the bottom right of picture an embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#267 DOR/FG 1962-44”Canadian Esk…
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Men in Canoe and Kayak
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.3 x 28.8 cm
Description
Grey engrave images; 2 men in canoe centre right, lower left a man in a kayak; various animals; mostly seals floating over picture; off the bottom right of picture an embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#267 DOR/FG 1962-44”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
Subject
men
canoe
kayak
animals
seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.05
Images
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.06
Description
Print of animals and birds; grey, stylized renderings floating on the image, 2 are standing on top of different animals or birds; embossed circle 2.8 dia with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#266 DOR/FL 1962-18”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop i…
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Spirit Animals
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 29.9 cm
Description
Print of animals and birds; grey, stylized renderings floating on the image, 2 are standing on top of different animals or birds; embossed circle 2.8 dia with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#266 DOR/FL 1962-18”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
Subject
spirit animals
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.06
Images
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Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1960 – 1965
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.30
Description
Two figures on a dog sled, on land, surrounded by animals. Two poles are used at the back of the sealskin for hanging purposes.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
ca. 1960 – 1965
Dimensions
95.0 x 168.0 cm
Description
Two figures on a dog sled, on land, surrounded by animals. Two poles are used at the back of the sealskin for hanging purposes.
Subject
animals
birds
seals
bears
dogs
figures
transportation
komatik (dog sled)
Arctic
Credit
Gift of Nikki MacKenzie, Saanichton, 2004
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.30
Images
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Untitled [Birds Driving Horned Seals]

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Artist
Kudjuakjuk
Date
c. 1970
Medium
commercial print on paper
Catalogue Number
KuD.04.01
Description
A black and white print of a bird driving a canoe or sleigh which three birds are riding. Attached to the canoe by ropes are three horned seals with spots on them. Another bird flies in the sky and two more appear as if they are walking in the sky and hold whips.Bottom right corner text reads “ᑲᔪ…
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Artist
Kudjuakjuk
Title
Untitled [Birds Driving Horned Seals]
Date
c. 1970
Medium
commercial print on paper
Description
A black and white print of a bird driving a canoe or sleigh which three birds are riding. Attached to the canoe by ropes are three horned seals with spots on them. Another bird flies in the sky and two more appear as if they are walking in the sky and hold whips.Bottom right corner text reads “ᑲᔪᕋᔪ”
Subject
Animals
birds
seals
Transportation
canoe
sleigh
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
KuD.04.01
Images
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Women and Children with Dogs

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the u…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Women and Children with Dogs
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
57.5 x 80.0 cm
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the upper section on the left are two dogs, in the center there is a male, female and a child. On the far right is a teepee. The middle section includes a couple of dogs and a female with a child on her back. The bottom section showes two more dogs on the left, a male figure in the center and a small animal on the far right is being attacked by four birds. All of the figures and most of the animals are made from skin cut out shapes and are stitched on and detailed with black, yellow, blue, red and a light pink fiber thread. The outside red border is made up of six pieces that are attached to create the full border.
Subject
figure
male
female
child
animals
dogs
birds
caribou
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
Images
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