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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0043
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0043
- Description
- A cat, white with patches of pink-brown across its back and breast, lying on its stomach with its legs and tail curled underneath. The cat is moulded with a blue bow around its neck. The bottom is marked “E.G.”
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 8.0 cm
- Description
- A cat, white with patches of pink-brown across its back and breast, lying on its stomach with its legs and tail curled underneath. The cat is moulded with a blue bow around its neck. The bottom is marked “E.G.”
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- animals, cats
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0043
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0044
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- clay
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0044
- Description
- A very realistic replica of a rhinoceros with a very small horn on the snout. The rhinoceros is brown with white underneath and has red eyes. The bottom is marked “G.B.S. 1998.”
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- clay
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A very realistic replica of a rhinoceros with a very small horn on the snout. The rhinoceros is brown with white underneath and has red eyes. The bottom is marked “G.B.S. 1998.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0044
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0046
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0046
- Description
- Blue-grey onyx carved into the shape of a standing , simplified bison. The figurine has a brown luster at the top of head and hump, rump back of hind legs, and patch on left side.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Blue-grey onyx carved into the shape of a standing , simplified bison. The figurine has a brown luster at the top of head and hump, rump back of hind legs, and patch on left side.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- animals, buffalo
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0046
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0054 a-c
- Description
- A set of three elephants, one large (a) and two small (b,c), walking with their trunks curled under. Each elephant has ivory tusks, eyes and toenails. The elephants are carved of dark wood and have incised wrinkles on their legs, neck, and back.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 7.3 (a); 5.2 (b,c) x 5.2 (a); 3.3 (b,c) x 11.8 (a); 7.5 (b,c) cm
- Description
- A set of three elephants, one large (a) and two small (b,c), walking with their trunks curled under. Each elephant has ivory tusks, eyes and toenails. The elephants are carved of dark wood and have incised wrinkles on their legs, neck, and back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0054 a-c
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0055
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0055
- Description
- Small elephant, with its trunk to the ground, carved from ivory. There is a carved blanket with fringe over the elephant’s back that is inlaid with a circle of coloured stones and an incised 'harness' on top of the head inset with coloured stones.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; stone
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 7.7 cm
- Description
- Small elephant, with its trunk to the ground, carved from ivory. There is a carved blanket with fringe over the elephant’s back that is inlaid with a circle of coloured stones and an incised 'harness' on top of the head inset with coloured stones.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0055
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0056
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0056
- Description
- Carved wooden elephant standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. The elephant has a hair-like texture carved on its back, holes near the trunk for ivory tusks and inset eyes (ivory?).
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 3.4 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden elephant standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. The elephant has a hair-like texture carved on its back, holes near the trunk for ivory tusks and inset eyes (ivory?).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0056
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0057
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0057
- Description
- A cast metal elephant, running with its trunk extended, painted to look like bronze. There is a maker’s mark on the belly of the elephant.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.7 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A cast metal elephant, running with its trunk extended, painted to look like bronze. There is a maker’s mark on the belly of the elephant.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0057
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0058
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0058
- Description
- A carved wooden elephant, light brown, standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. Ivory tusks are inset on either side of the trunk.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Description
- A carved wooden elephant, light brown, standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. Ivory tusks are inset on either side of the trunk.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0058
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0071
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0071
- Description
- A carved wooden black cat sitting with its tail tucked around its body. There is heavy stylized hair texture incised on the tail and at the haunches, with a lighter texture surrounding the face and pointed ears. The facial features are carved, and the cat has yellow glass eyes. A large, deep cyl…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 8.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A carved wooden black cat sitting with its tail tucked around its body. There is heavy stylized hair texture incised on the tail and at the haunches, with a lighter texture surrounding the face and pointed ears. The facial features are carved, and the cat has yellow glass eyes. A large, deep cylindrical hole (diam. 4 cm.) is drilled at a slight angle into the back at the shoulders.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0071
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0025 a-s
- Description
- A collection of nineteen fur-bearing animal paws with claws intact: a-d) four large paws attached to the leg skin (approx 27.0 cm long) with soft dark brown fur that is silver-tipped at the shoulder. Two have a round toggle snap attached. e-l) Eight medium sized paws (approx 16.0 cm) with soft br…
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- Title
- Animal Paw
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (average) x 4.0 (average) x 12.0 - 27.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of nineteen fur-bearing animal paws with claws intact: a-d) four large paws attached to the leg skin (approx 27.0 cm long) with soft dark brown fur that is silver-tipped at the shoulder. Two have a round toggle snap attached. e-l) Eight medium sized paws (approx 16.0 cm) with soft brown fur. m-s) Seven small paws (approx 12.0 cm) with soft brown fur.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0025 a-s
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- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0005
- Description
- A metal tag cut out in the shape of the number “22” with a metal S-ring at the top. The tag is stamped with “Canadian Nat'l Parks Dog Tax 108 -1922-”.
- Title
- Animal Tag
- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 0.2 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- A metal tag cut out in the shape of the number “22” with a metal S-ring at the top. The tag is stamped with “Canadian Nat'l Parks Dog Tax 108 -1922-”.
- Subject
- animals, dog
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0005
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- Date
- prior to 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1020
- Description
- Small animal trap, Hawley & North.
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- Title
- Animal Trap
- Date
- prior to 1940
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Small animal trap, Hawley & North.
- Subject
- trapping
- Simpson Pass
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Robinson, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1020
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0011
- Description
- Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hun…
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- Title
- Anklung
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 33.9 x 4.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hung on them by a semicircular hole which fits into a notch on the crosspiece, half of the upper part of these tubes have been cut away lengthwise and at their bottom two small legs have been carved which fit into wells cut in the bamboo tube at the bottom. When the instrument is held by one of the uprights and shaken, the hollow bamboo clappers strike the sides of this well and make a musical sound.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0011
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0168
- Description
- A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid…
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- Title
- Antimacassar
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid rectangular centre with openwork bar across a repeating diamond pattern.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0168
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Arc Lamp Carbons
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.1001%20a-i
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- carbon, paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1001 a-i
- Description
- 8 black carbon rods in box; (a - g); ca 30.6 long, 1.0 diameter; (h) ca 30.6 long, 1.3 diameter;printed on rod: "National trade mark Photographic white flame cored" made inU.S.A. 390" 671; (i) corrugated cardboard box 31.6 x 10.5 x 6.5; withmanufacturer's label "Macbeth Arc Lamp Co."
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- Title
- Arc Lamp Carbons
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- carbon, paper
- Description
- 8 black carbon rods in box; (a - g); ca 30.6 long, 1.0 diameter; (h) ca 30.6 long, 1.3 diameter;printed on rod: "National trade mark Photographic white flame cored" made inU.S.A. 390" 671; (i) corrugated cardboard box 31.6 x 10.5 x 6.5; withmanufacturer's label "Macbeth Arc Lamp Co."
- Subject
- photography
- Byron Harmon
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1001 a-i
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Dimensions
- 69.5 (a); 72.7 (b); 58.0 (c) cm
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the bottom of the featers. b) An arrow with bands of red, blue, and red under the feathers. c) An arrow with bands of blue, red, blue,yellow, blue, red, and blue under the feathers, and with a red band at the tip.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- sports, archery
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
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- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the…
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- Title
- Arrows
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 78.0 (longest) cm
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the wooden point broken off. This arrow is notched at the end of the shaft and has no feathers. f-p) Eleven wooden arrows shaped to a point at one end and notched at the other end. Each arrow has three feathers tied on at the notched end of the shaft. Some of these arrows have painted bands under the feathers.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
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- Date
- 1920 – 1979
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1002
- Description
- Wooden paint box with metal hinges and a leather handle. Inside the box there are three compartments containing 6 oil paint tubes, 7 brushes and 1 pencil.
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- Title
- Artist Box
- Date
- 1920 – 1979
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Description
- Wooden paint box with metal hinges and a leather handle. Inside the box there are three compartments containing 6 oil paint tubes, 7 brushes and 1 pencil.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1002
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Asclepias Syriaca (?) Seed Pod
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.02.0007
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; plant
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.0007
- Description
- Long narrow light brown woody milkweed seed pod tapering to point at each end; rough at one end where stem has been broken off; edges curl inward at slit opening along one side; filled with soft white silky down.
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- Title
- Asclepias Syriaca (?) Seed Pod
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; plant
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x 4.5 x 13.4 cm
- Description
- Long narrow light brown woody milkweed seed pod tapering to point at each end; rough at one end where stem has been broken off; edges curl inward at slit opening along one side; filled with soft white silky down.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.0007
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0059
- Description
- A brass ashtray. The base is a shallow bowl with a sculpted figure of a seated cat placed off-centre as decoration.
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A brass ashtray. The base is a shallow bowl with a sculpted figure of a seated cat placed off-centre as decoration.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0059
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