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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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Untitled [Chess Set]

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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see t…
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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Chess Set]
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
chess set: 45.72; table: 45.72 x chess set: 71.12; table: 76.2 x chess set: 91.44; table: 101.6 cm
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see the chess match. The chess pieces resemble turtle-like animals standing upright and wearing armor. The chess board is textured and the height of it is varied in different places. The chess set is primarily brown, white and tan.
Subject
whimsey
chess set
figure
mythological
architecture
fantasy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Images
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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
Images
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