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Artist
Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
PaR.04.01
Description
General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.
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Artist
Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Hunters
Date
1909
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
55.1 x 75.6 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.
Subject
figure, male, animal, walrus
bear
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
PaR.04.01
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Artist
Peter Arnarsiaq (1928 – , Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Arnarsiaq (1928 – , Canadian)
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.
Subject
figure
male
kayak
hunting
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TaX.06.01
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Artist
Noywo
Date
1959
Catalogue Number
NoY.06.01
Description
Dark stone sculpture of a man holding something. Catharine Whyte wrote on slip of paper “Eskimo with design on parka - NOYWO from Povungnituk - where sculpture comes from in Herald.”
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Artist
Noywo
Title
Man with Bird
Date
1959
Dimensions
15.0 x 7.0 x 7.01 cm
Description
Dark stone sculpture of a man holding something. Catharine Whyte wrote on slip of paper “Eskimo with design on parka - NOYWO from Povungnituk - where sculpture comes from in Herald.”
Subject
figure, male
animal, bird
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoY.06.01
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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
Unknown
Date
1960
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.17
Description
Three piece walrus hunting sculpture, hunter with twine to (1) float and (2) walrus.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Walrus Hunting
Date
1960
Description
Three piece walrus hunting sculpture, hunter with twine to (1) float and (2) walrus.
Subject
animal, seal
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.17
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1960
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.18
Description
Stone carving of a seal hunter on ice. The figure is bending over and looking at the ground. The figure is holding a spear made of ivory that has a leather cord. There is a carved pipe through a hole in one of the figure’s hands. The figure is affixed to a base with posts in the feet that insert in…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Hunter on Ice
Date
1960
Description
Stone carving of a seal hunter on ice. The figure is bending over and looking at the ground. The figure is holding a spear made of ivory that has a leather cord. There is a carved pipe through a hole in one of the figure’s hands. The figure is affixed to a base with posts in the feet that insert into holes.
Subject
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.18
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Man Calling to Birds

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Artist
Sheelaky Tapungai (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1961
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ShL.04.01
Description
Three blackbirds in silhouette all facing to the right, wings up; bird on left has a stylized face on the top of his tail; br and Inuit man, dark red, has arms and legs outstretched; stylized features.
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Artist
Sheelaky Tapungai (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Man Calling to Birds
Date
1961
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 76.2 cm
Description
Three blackbirds in silhouette all facing to the right, wings up; bird on left has a stylized face on the top of his tail; br and Inuit man, dark red, has arms and legs outstretched; stylized features.
Subject
Figure
male
Animal
blackbird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
ShL.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
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
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1965
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.62
Description
Sculpted man with loon. Standing man, facing left, holding loon bill with right mitten and supporting rest of bird with left mitten on bird's back; 71583 scratched on bottom; figure highly polished and standing on scored base; details in bird, clothing, face.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Man with Loon
Date
1965
Dimensions
13.3 x 3.0 x 7.5 cm
Description
Sculpted man with loon. Standing man, facing left, holding loon bill with right mitten and supporting rest of bird with left mitten on bird's back; 71583 scratched on bottom; figure highly polished and standing on scored base; details in bird, clothing, face.
Subject
figure, male
animal, bird
loon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.62
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