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Fisherman in Kayak
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- KaK.06.01 a-h
- Description
- Fully equipped fishing kayak with man and catch. (a) Kayak 3.3x32.8x3.8, flat bottom and top. Four holes drilled on both edges 9.5 and 16.0 from tip through which sinew is looped and tied. 3 round holes towards back to secure b, c, and d. (b) fisherman 5.5x4.0x4.6, carved face, parka hood off hi…
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- Title
- Fisherman in Kayak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- bone; sinew
- Description
- Fully equipped fishing kayak with man and catch. (a) Kayak 3.3x32.8x3.8, flat bottom and top. Four holes drilled on both edges 9.5 and 16.0 from tip through which sinew is looped and tied. 3 round holes towards back to secure b, c, and d. (b) fisherman 5.5x4.0x4.6, carved face, parka hood off his head. Arms extended with slits to hold the paddle (f): 15.0 long. (c) float 2.7x5.5x2.6, sinew tied into pack ca. 21.0 long and looped into (g) harpoon 10.5 long. (d) seal 2.0x5.3x2.0 has a hole drilled into back with a peg to go into kayak. Peg is cellophane tape covered string. (e) knife .3x7.2x1.2 (h) spear .3x8.5x1.0, hook on e end, hand grip the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KaK.06.01 a-h
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Inuit in Kayak
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttax.06.01
- Date
- 1952
- Catalogue Number
- TaX.06.01
- Description
- Grey-green stone sculpture of a figure wearing a hooded coat sitting in a closed kayak. The figure is holding a ivory/bone paddle and there is a coil of leather rope holding a ivory/bone spear and a stone animal on the back of the kayak. The figure has carved features. On the bottom of the kayak “T…
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- Title
- Inuit in Kayak
- Date
- 1952
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 21.0 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Grey-green stone sculpture of a figure wearing a hooded coat sitting in a closed kayak. The figure is holding a ivory/bone paddle and there is a coil of leather rope holding a ivory/bone spear and a stone animal on the back of the kayak. The figure has carved features. On the bottom of the kayak “TATIGATE E5 - 553” is engraved roughly.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TaX.06.01
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Ivory kayak scene
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- Artist
- Suitak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figu…
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- Artist
- Suitak
- Title
- Ivory kayak scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 3.6 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figure with a paddle in both hands ready for action. There is a ivory caribou swimming to the front and left of the kayak.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
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