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Lutra Canadensis Pelt

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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
112.01.0018
Description
A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag atta…
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Title
Lutra Canadensis Pelt
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin
Dimensions
40.0 x 128.0 cm
Description
A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag attached is marked “XLU-PB $100.00 Black otter - very rare.” The head is marked, with pencil, “LU.PB” and the body has “Bliss & Cohn Ltd. --nnipeg Man.” stamped inside a diamond shape with “WM”? perforated in the tail.
Subject
households
animals, river otter
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
112.01.0018
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Artist
Dane Campbell (1944 – , Canadian)
Date
1966
Catalogue Number
CaD.06.01
Description
A single piece of driftwood, light brown, highly polished in an exagerated horseshoe shape, carved to signify two otters at play. The tails touch the base their heads and forelegs swerve upwards into a graceful arch. A laminated piece of wood is shaped to form a base for one hind leg of one otter a…
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Artist
Dane Campbell (1944 – , Canadian)
Title
Two Otters Playing
Date
1966
Dimensions
30 x 40 x 67 cm
Description
A single piece of driftwood, light brown, highly polished in an exagerated horseshoe shape, carved to signify two otters at play. The tails touch the base their heads and forelegs swerve upwards into a graceful arch. A laminated piece of wood is shaped to form a base for one hind leg of one otter and the base for the back/rump of the other. This smaller piece is attached to a flat U-shaped piece of wood which is the base.
Subject
animal
otter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
CaD.06.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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