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- Artist
- Alasuak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- AlA.06.01
- Description
- A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base…
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- Artist
- Alasuak
- Title
- Large seal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 18.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base of the sculpture, there is a carved inscription that reads “ ALASUAK 261121”
- Subject
- animal
- seal; Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AlA.06.01
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- Artist
- Annie
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and …
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- Artist
- Annie
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 12.9 x 4.7 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and opening for child represented in amautiz hood.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
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Kayak out of Dog's Reach
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactars.04.01
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.01
- Description
- Black positive image, kayak is turned upside down on three paddles, front and back. A dog is standing underneath. Three black shapes around kayak - left, top and right. In lower black shape are 4 Inuit letters. On back tlc ink stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec Canada 1962Syll…
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- Title
- Kayak out of Dog's Reach
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.2 x 49.5 cm
- Description
- Black positive image, kayak is turned upside down on three paddles, front and back. A dog is standing underneath. Three black shapes around kayak - left, top and right. In lower black shape are 4 Inuit letters. On back tlc ink stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec Canada 1962Syllabics in image read “ᓴᔪᐃᓕ”. Bottom text reads “28/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑲᔭ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᒋᒪ ᑭᒥᓄ ??ᓂᔭᐅᕙᑐ. ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
- Subject
- activity, hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.01
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Children frightened by birds and dog
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactars.04.02
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.02
- Description
- black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 peopl…
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- Title
- Children frightened by birds and dog
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 74.5 cm
- Description
- black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 people and a dog. above 3 birds are flying. 2 birds are white with black necks and heads. the other is black with white spots. Text in image reads as follows:Line 1: ᑕᑯᐊ ᐅᐱᐊᓗᒥ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?) ᑭᕋᕕ ᒪᕈ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?)ᓂ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᐊᐃᑕ(ᐸ?)ᒐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐱᒍᓂᔪ.Line 2: ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑲᑕᒥᑐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐃᔪᔪ (circled: ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐳ) ᐊᓄᐃᓗ ᓂᕕᒐᔪ Line 3:ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᓇ ᐃᓗᒥᑐ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᑭᕋᕕᓂ ᐅᒥᑐᐃᔪᕕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑕᑐ ᑕᐃᒪᑕᕋBottom text reads “21/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ . ᐃᓄᐃ ᐊᓂᕋᒥᓂᑐ. ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᑕᒐ. ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐸ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱᒃ 1962”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.02
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Untitled [Harpooning Whale]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactars.04.03
- Date
- 1972 – 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.03
- Description
- Two irregular shapes; top shape is brown with white lines depicting a kayak, tent poles and Inuit writing; lower shape is black with white lines depicting a hunter in a kayak about to spear a whale; white lines undulate across the image depicting wavesBottom text reads “18/35 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓚᓗᒐᒥ ᑲᐱᓂᔪ…
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- Title
- Untitled [Harpooning Whale]
- Date
- 1972 – 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.7 x 40.7 cm
- Description
- Two irregular shapes; top shape is brown with white lines depicting a kayak, tent poles and Inuit writing; lower shape is black with white lines depicting a hunter in a kayak about to spear a whale; white lines undulate across the image depicting wavesBottom text reads “18/35 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓚᓗᒐᒥ ᑲᐱᓂᔪ ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐳ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1972”
- Credit
- Gift of Alison Rossiter, Navesink, USA, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.03
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
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- Title
- Face of Woman
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
- Subject
- mythological
- figure, woman
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
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Harpooning a Walrus
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Title
- Harpooning a Walrus
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaV.04.01
- Description
- An irregular shape encloses various figures; the figure on the proper right is a fully parka clad fisherman with a long stick attached to a seal; top proper right is a head only; top proper left a tatooed face; textureed shoulders ; above the seal is a negative shape of another sealText in image re…
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- Title
- Luumak
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- An irregular shape encloses various figures; the figure on the proper right is a fully parka clad fisherman with a long stick attached to a seal; top proper right is a head only; top proper left a tatooed face; textureed shoulders ; above the seal is a negative shape of another sealText in image reads “ᓗᒪᑐ; ᓗᒪᑐ; ᑎᕕᑎᐊᓗ” Signature line: “13/25 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᓗᐅᒪᒃ ᑎᐃᕕᑎᐊᓗ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962.”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- DaV.04.01
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Seals and Fish
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- Artist
- Devie
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- DeV.06.01
- Description
- Two seals on base, fish lying on ground between them and they are either kissing or fighting over something between their mouths, detail on heads, fish and seals' flippers.
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- Artist
- Devie
- Title
- Seals and Fish
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 5.1 x 8.0 x 10.3 cm
- Description
- Two seals on base, fish lying on ground between them and they are either kissing or fighting over something between their mouths, detail on heads, fish and seals' flippers.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- DeV.06.01
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- JaM.06.01
- Description
- Seal positioned vertically and bent into C form with all flippers at front; details on head, flipper claws; seal atop flat base which is very unstable; scratched on bottom E-9-348 and Jamassie sticker removed; sticker stains on side of base. Note reading 26.95 in 1964, Povungnituk prob purchased by…
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- Title
- Seal
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 6.8 x 14.8 cm
- Description
- Seal positioned vertically and bent into C form with all flippers at front; details on head, flipper claws; seal atop flat base which is very unstable; scratched on bottom E-9-348 and Jamassie sticker removed; sticker stains on side of base. Note reading 26.95 in 1964, Povungnituk prob purchased by Catharine Whyte in Banff.
- Subject
- animal, seal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- JaM.06.01
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