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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seal Thoughts of Man

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

Subject: Abstract; Figure; Inuit; Animal; seal

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

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Woman Sewing Skin Boots

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Artist: Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AsM.04.01

Description: A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M…

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Artist: Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)

Title: Woman Sewing Skin Boots

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 48.8 cm

Description: A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M. Ashevak”The series of chops in the top left are as follows: the first red chop denotes Miri (Mary) Ashevak Ezekial, the artist; the second red chop denotes Lukta Qiatsuk, the printer; the black igloo chop denotes that the print was made in the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.

Subject: figure; woman; activity; sewing; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AsM.04.01

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Owl

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Artist: Lukta Qiatsuq (1928 – 2004, CDN)

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: LuK.04.01

Description: a stylized owl with wings spread. Thick black lines define the image . Stylized feathers on wings tips, breast and tail.

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Artist: Lukta Qiatsuq (1928 – 2004, CDN)

Title: Owl

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 45.9 cm

Description: a stylized owl with wings spread. Thick black lines define the image . Stylized feathers on wings tips, breast and tail.

Subject: owl; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: LuK.04.01

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Seal Hunter

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Seal Hunter

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 52.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

Subject: figure, male; activity, hunting; animal, fish

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

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Complex of Birds

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Artist: Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KeN.04.01

Description: General colour: black and blue. Black silhouettes of birds and figures on charcoal blue ground. Three figures, two at the top. Bird in lower left corner stands on a rock. Center bird has four legs and a pinwheel tail.The National Gallery of Canada also has this print in their collection.

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Artist: Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Complex of Birds

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 45.3 x 55.4 cm

Description: General colour: black and blue. Black silhouettes of birds and figures on charcoal blue ground. Three figures, two at the top. Bird in lower left corner stands on a rock. Center bird has four legs and a pinwheel tail.The National Gallery of Canada also has this print in their collection.

Subject: animal, bird

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: KeN.04.01

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Young Curlew

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Artist: Kellypalik Mungitok (1940 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MuN.04.01

Description: General colour: green, yellow. A single bird faces left in the cenwer of the composition. A small red and black seal (insignia) is in the upper right corner.

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Artist: Kellypalik Mungitok (1940 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Young Curlew

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.1 x 31.6 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow. A single bird faces left in the cenwer of the composition. A small red and black seal (insignia) is in the upper right corner.

Subject: symbolism; mythological; bird; curlew

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: MuN.04.01

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The Archer

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Artist: Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: stencil on paper

Catalogue Number: NiV.04.02

Description: General colour: blue and black on white. A blue figure fills the lower two thirds of the picture. He looks up, aims an arrow at the four black birds flying to the right of the top.

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Artist: Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)

Title: The Archer

Date: 1960

Medium: stencil on paper

Dimensions: 54.3 x 30.1 cm

Description: General colour: blue and black on white. A blue figure fills the lower two thirds of the picture. He looks up, aims an arrow at the four black birds flying to the right of the top.

Subject: figure, male; animal, bird; hunting

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: NiV.04.02

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Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks

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Artist: Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiV.04.01

Description: General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).

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Artist: Niviaksiak (1909 – 1959, Canadian)

Title: Sled and Seal Cached on Snow Blocks

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 19.9 x 44.1 cm

Description: General colour: black and blue on white. Left of center is a short column of blue blocks. Right of center is another chunk of blue blocks. Sitting on top of these blocks is a long black sled (left) and a small black seal (right).