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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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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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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.47 a-e
Description
ivory crib board with 4 bone pegs; flat top crib board curves gracefully into the outstretched head of a bird; incised black outlined eyes; incised beak; 6 sections of 20 holes divided by black lines; spade shape at head and diamond at tail; 3 ivory pegs ca. 1.2 long and 0.7 dia. are the legs…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Ivory Crib Board
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
3.2 x 35.0 cm
Description
ivory crib board with 4 bone pegs; flat top crib board curves gracefully into the outstretched head of a bird; incised black outlined eyes; incised beak; 6 sections of 20 holes divided by black lines; spade shape at head and diamond at tail; 3 ivory pegs ca. 1.2 long and 0.7 dia. are the legs; 4 holes on end to hold pegs; 4 bone pegs ca. 0.4 long: 2 paddles, 2 flags
Subject
animal, bird
activity, game
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.47 a-e
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Artist
Pauta Saila (1916 – 2009, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
PaU.04.01
Description
General colour: green with yellow and rust tints on white. Two birds strut with one wing outstretched. Top bird faces left, bottom bird faces right.
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Artist
Pauta Saila (1916 – 2009, Canadian)
Title
Mating Dance
Date
1969
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
55.5 x 39.8 cm
Description
General colour: green with yellow and rust tints on white. Two birds strut with one wing outstretched. Top bird faces left, bottom bird faces right.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
PaU.04.01
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.01
Description
Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown;…
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nine Arctic Birds
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
29.5; 39.2 x 49.0; 63.5 cm
Description
Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown; artists chop has 2 red boxes with symbols and an igloo; written in pencil in English from left bottom edge: Nine Arctic Birds Skin Stencil 9/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island 1960 Kiakshuk.
Subject
animal, bird, group
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.01
Images
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