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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
Shoo
Date
prior to 1958
Catalogue Number
ShO.06.01
Description
Seated woman with child in amautiq (baby carrier), hands in lap. Details include braided hair, folds in clothing, kamituinaat or boots, fine scoring of hair. Set on rectangular base. “Shoo” scratched on base.
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Artist
Shoo
Title
Woman with Child
Date
prior to 1958
Dimensions
10.0 x 6.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
Seated woman with child in amautiq (baby carrier), hands in lap. Details include braided hair, folds in clothing, kamituinaat or boots, fine scoring of hair. Set on rectangular base. “Shoo” scratched on base.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShO.06.01
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content.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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