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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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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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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
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
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Artist
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Kayaks and Caribou
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
61.7 x 99.1 cm
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
Subject
transportation
kayak
animal
caribou
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1972
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
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Charge of a Buffalo Cow

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest b…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Charge of a Buffalo Cow
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 61.0 cm
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest being at the top. There is another small red bison with an orange centre in the upper right area.Au verso: CHARGE OF A BUFFALO COW - SARAIN STUMP - 1971
Subject
animal, horse
buffalo
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1974
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
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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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Inuit Hunter Spearing Seal

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Artist
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KeN.04.02
Description
tlc is a line rendering of an igloo with 2 humps; a parka clad man has his right arm raised and holding a speear which is pointing downwards towards a seal; the man and seal are black, the parka and leggings have white trim; off the right of the picture is an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. with letter i…
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Artist
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 – 2013, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Hunter Spearing Seal
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
tlc is a line rendering of an igloo with 2 humps; a parka clad man has his right arm raised and holding a speear which is pointing downwards towards a seal; the man and seal are black, the parka and leggings have white trim; off the right of the picture is an embossed circle, 2.8 dia. with letter inside;Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kenoyouk”Back reads “#274 - DoR/Fg 1962-19”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
Subject
Activity
hunting
Figure
male
Animal
Seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KeN.04.02
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Artist
Eejuka
Date
1962
Catalogue Number
EeJ.06.01
Description
One piece, carved from narwhal tusk; knife blade and hilt 12.0 long with fish 7.9 butted up against centre of hilt. Carved fins and gills, round eyes inlaid with dark material. Knife and fish have a graceful curve.
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Artist
Eejuka
Title
Fish
Date
1962
Dimensions
19.9 x 3.7 cm
Description
One piece, carved from narwhal tusk; knife blade and hilt 12.0 long with fish 7.9 butted up against centre of hilt. Carved fins and gills, round eyes inlaid with dark material. Knife and fish have a graceful curve.
Subject
hunting
fish
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeJ.06.01
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Artist
Isah Aviliaju
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
AvI.04.01
Description
A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …
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Artist
Isah Aviliaju
Title
Harpooning a Walrus
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
43.5 x 61.0 cm
Description
A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”
Subject
activity
hunting
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AvI.04.01
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Artist
Juanisialuk Irqumia (1912 – 1977, Canadian)
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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Artist
Juanisialuk Irqumia (1912 – 1977, Canadian)
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
Images
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