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Children frightened by birds and dog

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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ArS.04.02
Description
black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 peopl…
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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Children frightened by birds and dog
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 74.5 cm
Description
black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 people and a dog. above 3 birds are flying. 2 birds are white with black necks and heads. the other is black with white spots. Text in image reads as follows:Line 1: ᑕᑯᐊ ᐅᐱᐊᓗᒥ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?) ᑭᕋᕕ ᒪᕈ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?)ᓂ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᐊᐃᑕ(ᐸ?)ᒐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐱᒍᓂᔪ.Line 2: ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑲᑕᒥᑐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐃᔪᔪ (circled: ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐳ) ᐊᓄᐃᓗ ᓂᕕᒐᔪ Line 3:ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᓇ ᐃᓗᒥᑐ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᑭᕋᕕᓂ ᐅᒥᑐᐃᔪᕕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑕᑐ ᑕᐃᒪᑕᕋBottom text reads “21/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ . ᐃᓄᐃ ᐊᓂᕋᒥᓂᑐ. ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᑕᒐ. ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐸ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱᒃ 1962”
Subject
igloo
bird
people
inuk
inuit
wolf
dog
outdoor scene
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
ArS.04.02
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.677
Description
Multiple pencil drawings. First drawing includes multiple figures wearing clown like hats on a ski slope holding shovels, underneath in writting “DON’T BELEIVE [SIC BELIEVE] A WORD OF IT, IT IS’NT [sic ISN’T] GREMLINS WHO FILL THE CRATERS IN!!” The following drawing is 4 figures in clown hats helpi…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 21.2 cm
Description
Multiple pencil drawings. First drawing includes multiple figures wearing clown like hats on a ski slope holding shovels, underneath in writting “DON’T BELEIVE [SIC BELIEVE] A WORD OF IT, IT IS’NT [sic ISN’T] GREMLINS WHO FILL THE CRATERS IN!!” The following drawing is 4 figures in clown hats helping a skier looking at a skier in a crater, stating “NEED A LIFT OUT, BROTHER!” and below that drawing is 4 figures in clown hats pulling a figure out with skies, poles and glasses.
Subject
gremlins
mountains
skiing
outdoor sports
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.677
Images
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