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Spirit - Bird, Bear, Hunter

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Artist
Iola
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
IoL.06.01
Description
Mottled grey stone, solid carved block. Owl-like bird has a bear draped fully over back. Back of bird and under the bear are 2 carved faces, one 11.0x8.5, other 6.0x4.5. The bird and the bear have ivory inset round eyes, bird's 1.0 dia. bear's .4 dia. Some other dark substance inset into the eyes …
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Artist
Iola
Title
Spirit - Bird, Bear, Hunter
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
16.8 x 20.6 cm
Description
Mottled grey stone, solid carved block. Owl-like bird has a bear draped fully over back. Back of bird and under the bear are 2 carved faces, one 11.0x8.5, other 6.0x4.5. The bird and the bear have ivory inset round eyes, bird's 1.0 dia. bear's .4 dia. Some other dark substance inset into the eyes as pupils. The base which is part of the block is a triangular shape 21.0x20.9.
Subject
animal
mythological
human
face
bear
bird
spirit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
IoL.06.01
Images
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.06
Description
Print of animals and birds; grey, stylized renderings floating on the image, 2 are standing on top of different animals or birds; embossed circle 2.8 dia with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#266 DOR/FL 1962-18”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop i…
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Spirit Animals
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 29.9 cm
Description
Print of animals and birds; grey, stylized renderings floating on the image, 2 are standing on top of different animals or birds; embossed circle 2.8 dia with letters inside; Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#266 DOR/FL 1962-18”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
Subject
spirit animals
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.06
Images
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Two-Faced Sea Spirit

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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West …
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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Title
Two-Faced Sea Spirit
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 37.5 cm
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West Baffin Eskimo Coop.Since only two chops are present, this tells us that the artist, Egevadluq, was the artist as well as the printer.
Subject
mythological
sea
spirit
face
fish
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
Images
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