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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0113
Description
Simply carved otter figurine, detailed eyes and mouth, broad, pointed tail, stained dark brown. "Hand Made on Alberta, Canada" sticker removed.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.0 x 2.3 x 11.2 cm
Description
Simply carved otter figurine, detailed eyes and mouth, broad, pointed tail, stained dark brown. "Hand Made on Alberta, Canada" sticker removed.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
craft
carving
animal
otter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0113
Images
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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
Images
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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
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Artist
Abraham Nastapoka (1900 – 1981, Canadian)
Date
c. 1965
Catalogue Number
AbR.06.01
Description
Two otters lying on a platform over fish, tail in mouth of one otter, body in mouth of other otter, details show whiskers, claws, eyes, nostrils, fish head.
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Artist
Abraham Nastapoka (1900 – 1981, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1965
Dimensions
3.8 x 5.5 x 13.2 cm
Description
Two otters lying on a platform over fish, tail in mouth of one otter, body in mouth of other otter, details show whiskers, claws, eyes, nostrils, fish head.
Subject
animal, otter
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AbR.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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