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Eskimo Sea Dreams
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnep.04.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
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- Title
- Eskimo Sea Dreams
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 60.5 cm
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
- Subject
- activity, hunting
- fishing
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
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Hunter Pulling Up Seal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwes.06.01
- 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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- 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
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Hunter with Bow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjoh.06.02
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- JoH.06.02
- Description
- Green stone, hunter poised to shoot. Parka clad hunter, left leg to the front, hands holding bow (no arrow). Bow is bone 5.0 long, notched at both ends, slightly bowed, sinew tied one end, hole cut in middle of other end to slip over end of bow. Incised features and hair on forehead.
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- Title
- Hunter with Bow
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Green stone, hunter poised to shoot. Parka clad hunter, left leg to the front, hands holding bow (no arrow). Bow is bone 5.0 long, notched at both ends, slightly bowed, sinew tied one end, hole cut in middle of other end to slip over end of bow. Incised features and hair on forehead.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity, hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- JoH.06.02
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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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.45a-g
- Description
- Green stone with shades of yellow, orange (a) base 13.5x4.2x1.3, rounded edges, hole drilled near centre (b) kayak 17.5x3.0x2.8 nicely shaped kayak has raised lip on manhole, ivory inlaid across kayak with groove to hold spears, hole drilled in bottom to connect with base, small pieces of wood in h…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man in Kayak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 4.2 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Green stone with shades of yellow, orange (a) base 13.5x4.2x1.3, rounded edges, hole drilled near centre (b) kayak 17.5x3.0x2.8 nicely shaped kayak has raised lip on manhole, ivory inlaid across kayak with groove to hold spears, hole drilled in bottom to connect with base, small pieces of wood in hole to stabalize connection, (c) carved man 6.0x3.0x3.3 has arms stretched out front, white inset in eyes, mouth open, (d) ivory paddle 10.0 long (e-h) carved spears ca 5.0 longThe letters “AWI” are written on the top surface of the stone base.
- Subject
- activity, fishing
- activity, hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.45a-g
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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- AnA.04.01
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Smelling Out Seal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjau.04.01
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JaU.04.01
- Description
- A black positive image of a hunter with spear in right hand and a dog on a leash on left hand. The dog is looking down at a seal under the ice. The seal is lying down and looking up. A bird is flying over the back of the dog. A black shape at centre left has Inuit letters on it, from it a line …
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- Title
- Smelling Out Seal
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.9 x 55.3 cm
- Description
- A black positive image of a hunter with spear in right hand and a dog on a leash on left hand. The dog is looking down at a seal under the ice. The seal is lying down and looking up. A bird is flying over the back of the dog. A black shape at centre left has Inuit letters on it, from it a line runs across the picture, indicating the ice line. On back is stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec 1962Image text reads “ᔪᐊᓇᓯᐊᓗ”Bottom text reads “2/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓇᕆᐊᑎᑕᑐ ᓇᓯᕈᒪᓗᓂ ᐊᒃᓗᑯ ᔪᐊᓇᓯᐊᓗ. ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱ. ᑲᓇᑕ. 1962.”
- Subject
- activity, hunting
- dog
- seal
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- JaU.04.01
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- Artist
- Olassie (1915 – , Canadian)
- Date
- 1970 – 1976
- Medium
- wool
- Catalogue Number
- OlA.08.01
- Description
- Light purple background; on the right side is a figure dressed in parka, green, blue pants, brown trim on parka and pants with a spear in his right hand; fleeing before him on the left is a running clothed creature; two long braided ropes with tassels both ends with colours of hanging;
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- Artist
- Olassie (1915 – , Canadian)
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1970 – 1976
- Medium
- wool
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 174.0 cm
- Description
- Light purple background; on the right side is a figure dressed in parka, green, blue pants, brown trim on parka and pants with a spear in his right hand; fleeing before him on the left is a running clothed creature; two long braided ropes with tassels both ends with colours of hanging;
- Subject
- activity, hunting;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- OlA.08.01
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