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Hunter Pulling Up Seal

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Artist
Eli Weetalooktook ( – 1958, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1958
Medium
stone; sinew; wood
Catalogue Number
WeS.06.01
Description
green stone; a parka clad Inuit hunter sitting with legs braced; leaning back to be almost horizontal; carved features; a piece of sinew in both hands which connects to a wood peg in a hole; the hole is in the centre of a carved point in a carved circle which is in a 2.5 wide carved depression ac…
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Artist
Eli Weetalooktook ( – 1958, Canadian)
Title
Hunter Pulling Up Seal
Date
prior to 1958
Medium
stone; sinew; wood
Dimensions
7.2 x 11.5 cm
Description
green stone; a parka clad Inuit hunter sitting with legs braced; leaning back to be almost horizontal; carved features; a piece of sinew in both hands which connects to a wood peg in a hole; the hole is in the centre of a carved point in a carved circle which is in a 2.5 wide carved depression across base foreground.
Subject
figure, male
activity, hunting
fishing
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
WeS.06.01
Images
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Artist
Timotee Qiatalla Assapa (1914 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
TiM.06.01
Description
E9811 scratched on base; card with it says 46...Timotee Povungnituk E9811 Big Eskimo holding fish on back Banff Gift Shop card; man sitting on knees holding fish with both hands; note trim pattern on parka. Purchased by CRW at The Book and Gift Shop, one of first shops to carry Inuit sculpture in l…
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Artist
Timotee Qiatalla Assapa (1914 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
15.7 x 8.5 x 13.0 cm
Description
E9811 scratched on base; card with it says 46...Timotee Povungnituk E9811 Big Eskimo holding fish on back Banff Gift Shop card; man sitting on knees holding fish with both hands; note trim pattern on parka. Purchased by CRW at The Book and Gift Shop, one of first shops to carry Inuit sculpture in late 1950's.
Subject
figure, male
animal, fish
fishing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TiM.06.01
Images
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Artist
Aisa Aviliaju Itukalla (1919 – )
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.54
Description
Sculpted man with two fish - E.9.817 scratched on base. Bow legged man, hunched and carrying bag which he is carrying on back and holding straps off in front of him. Two fish falling out of bag. Figure on light grey soapstone base.
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Artist
Aisa Aviliaju Itukalla (1919 – )
Title
Man Losing Fish
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
13.0 x 9.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
Sculpted man with two fish - E.9.817 scratched on base. Bow legged man, hunched and carrying bag which he is carrying on back and holding straps off in front of him. Two fish falling out of bag. Figure on light grey soapstone base.
Subject
figure, male
activity, fishing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.54
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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