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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.01
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…
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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Title
Bear Dancer I
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
105.0 x 75.5 cm
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.
Subject
figure
male
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.01
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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.02
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied aro…
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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Title
Bear Dancer II
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
105.0 x 75.5 cm
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk. He is holding a large round drum in his left hand.
Subject
figure
male
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.02
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.02
Description
4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕ…
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Whale Hunting
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
12.0; 31.5 x 31.5; 43.0 cm
Description
4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑐᒃ 4/40”Back reads “43/75”Pangnirtung kamik stamp on blc of print.
Subject
figure, group
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.02
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1974
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.72
Description
Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Toongat
Date
1974
Dimensions
14.0 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm
Description
Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
Subject
Inuit
figure, male
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.72
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Seal Hunting in the Old Way

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Artist
Tivi Etok (1928 – )
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.23
Description
Black silhouettes of parka clad person throwing a harpoon into the stomach of a seal. The picture is very animated and quite detailed, the writing is in pencil.Text reads “10/50 / ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᐊᓗᒍ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓯᑯᑯ ᐸᒍᐸᑐᕕᓂ ᐅᓗᓕᒪᑲᓴ ᓇᐅᓕᒍᓇᓯᒐᓱᐊᓱᓂ ᓯᑯᑯ / ᑎᕕ ᐃᑐ 1974”
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Artist
Tivi Etok (1928 – )
Title
Seal Hunting in the Old Way
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
24.0; 54.5 x 38.0; 74.5 cm
Description
Black silhouettes of parka clad person throwing a harpoon into the stomach of a seal. The picture is very animated and quite detailed, the writing is in pencil.Text reads “10/50 / ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᐊᓗᒍ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓯᑯᑯ ᐸᒍᐸᑐᕕᓂ ᐅᓗᓕᒪᑲᓴ ᓇᐅᓕᒍᓇᓯᒐᓱᐊᓱᓂ ᓯᑯᑯ / ᑎᕕ ᐃᑐ 1974”
Subject
animal, seal
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.23
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Untitled [Harpooning Whale]

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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
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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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
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”
Subject
Action
kayaking
Figure
Inuit
Male
Credit
Gift of Alison Rossiter, Navesink, USA, 1989
Catalogue Number
ArS.04.03
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.01
Description
A long horizontal image of a whale hunt; six hunter in a boat and the whale are black; the wter is a ‘fish-scale’ blue/greenBottom right corner reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ; ᑕᒥ ᐃᕕ”
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Whale Hunt
Date
1972
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
42.5 x 61.5 cm
Description
A long horizontal image of a whale hunt; six hunter in a boat and the whale are black; the wter is a ‘fish-scale’ blue/greenBottom right corner reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ; ᑕᒥ ᐃᕕ”
Subject
Figure
male
Animal
whale
Activity
hunting
Credit
Gift of Alison Rossiter, Navesink, USA, 1989
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.01
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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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Artist
Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
PiP.04.01
Description
A figure clad in a parka, holding two sticks stands in the lower two thirds of the picture. Above hangs a large round drum.
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Artist
Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973, Canadian)
Title
Drum Dancer
Date
1970
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
52.6 x 29.7 cm
Description
A figure clad in a parka, holding two sticks stands in the lower two thirds of the picture. Above hangs a large round drum.
Subject
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
PiP.04.01
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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.213
Description
A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
Date
1970
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
Subject
figure, group
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.213
Images
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