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Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.096
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet
Date
1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl.
Subject
portrait, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.096
Images
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Inuit Woman, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.216
Description
An elderly woman peers off into the distance. She has wrinkled cheek bones and small pebble-like eyes. A colourful purple and blue scarf is wrapped around her head. A few tufts of hair protrude from her hat. Her sharp looking face is high contrast to the bare canvas background.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Woman, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 22.8 cm
Description
An elderly woman peers off into the distance. She has wrinkled cheek bones and small pebble-like eyes. A colourful purple and blue scarf is wrapped around her head. A few tufts of hair protrude from her hat. Her sharp looking face is high contrast to the bare canvas background.
Subject
portrait, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.216
Images
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Lidded Basket with Stone Woman's Head Handle

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.24 a,b
Description
Coiled basket with carved stone handle of woman's head, lyme grass covered coils. Flat bottom, slightly curved sides 19.0 high base, 22.5 diameter, 29.0 top lip. Double chevron brown design encircles the bowl. Lipped lid, 4 point star design around head, carved black stone head 7.2x6.0x4.0. Carved …
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Lidded Basket with Stone Woman's Head Handle
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
29.0 cm
Description
Coiled basket with carved stone handle of woman's head, lyme grass covered coils. Flat bottom, slightly curved sides 19.0 high base, 22.5 diameter, 29.0 top lip. Double chevron brown design encircles the bowl. Lipped lid, 4 point star design around head, carved black stone head 7.2x6.0x4.0. Carved features and braided hairdo. 2 drilled holes in base to secure handle to lid.
Subject
portrait, female
households
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.24 a,b
Images
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