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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0156
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0156
- Description
- A realistic grey glazed representation of a spotted fawn lying with its legs folded under and head turned to one side, large upstanding ears, muzzle, eyes and hoofs black.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 8.2 x 4.2 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic grey glazed representation of a spotted fawn lying with its legs folded under and head turned to one side, large upstanding ears, muzzle, eyes and hoofs black.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0156
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0031
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0031
- Description
- Carved spruce bark bear standing on flat, round rock base. Carved bark layers accentuate form of carving. Bear standing on four legs, has small ears and tail. Facial features carved in and painted as black holes for eyes, and red slash for a mouth. Glued onto oval piece of greyish shale acting …
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; stone
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 2.7 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- Carved spruce bark bear standing on flat, round rock base. Carved bark layers accentuate form of carving. Bear standing on four legs, has small ears and tail. Facial features carved in and painted as black holes for eyes, and red slash for a mouth. Glued onto oval piece of greyish shale acting as base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0031
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Animal Figurine Group
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0111
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0111
- Description
- Four wooden monkeys seated on flat, rectangular base. The first three monkeys represent respectively, Speak No, Hear No, and See No Evil. The last monkey is also seated with hands in crotch. Varnished wood. Each monkey is anchored by a peg in base and is also glued to same.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine Group
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 2.6 x 11.7 cm
- Description
- Four wooden monkeys seated on flat, rectangular base. The first three monkeys represent respectively, Speak No, Hear No, and See No Evil. The last monkey is also seated with hands in crotch. Varnished wood. Each monkey is anchored by a peg in base and is also glued to same.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- monkey
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0111
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Animal Figurine Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0106%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- ivory; bean
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0106 a,b
- Description
- (a) is a hollowed out, red bean into which rests a stopper in the form of an ivory elephant. Inside the beans lie approximately 100 very miniature elephants enclosed in cellophane. Enclosed in small cardboard box. (b) many very miniature elephants and 1 larger elephant stopper like in (a).
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- Title
- Animal Figurine Set
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- ivory; bean
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 0.5 x 1.0 cm
- Description
- (a) is a hollowed out, red bean into which rests a stopper in the form of an ivory elephant. Inside the beans lie approximately 100 very miniature elephants enclosed in cellophane. Enclosed in small cardboard box. (b) many very miniature elephants and 1 larger elephant stopper like in (a).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0106 a,b
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Animal Figurine Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0115%20a-c
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0115 a-c
- Description
- Three hand carved elephants, two in red brown wood and one in medium brown wood. All have ivory tusks and inset eyes and are in a walking position with trunks hanging to ground.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine Set
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 3.2 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Three hand carved elephants, two in red brown wood and one in medium brown wood. All have ivory tusks and inset eyes and are in a walking position with trunks hanging to ground.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- carving
- animal
- elephant
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0115 a-c
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Artist Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0109
- Date
- 1949 – 1951
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0109
- Description
- Stick figure of painter with palette, standing and facing easel. Both on coiled, circular carpet like base. Made from multi coloured pieces of telephone cable wire, formed and glued.
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- Title
- Artist Figurine
- Date
- 1949 – 1951
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 6.0 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- Stick figure of painter with palette, standing and facing easel. Both on coiled, circular carpet like base. Made from multi coloured pieces of telephone cable wire, formed and glued.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0109
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0342
- Description
- Flat, triangular tray with rounded corners and raised rim. Tray is smooth, rim has been tooled into irregular, bumpy ridge. Stamped on bottom "Handarbeide i Tinn, A. Ruud".
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 7.0 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- Flat, triangular tray with rounded corners and raised rim. Tray is smooth, rim has been tooled into irregular, bumpy ridge. Stamped on bottom "Handarbeide i Tinn, A. Ruud".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0342
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Bas-Relief Wall Hanging
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1043
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1043
- Description
- A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the cera…
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- Title
- Bas-Relief Wall Hanging
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the ceramic piece “IXCHEL” to the viewer’s right, and underneath in the middle “GODDESS of the the MOON and WEAVING”.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1043
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0014
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the to…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.0 (approximately) x 23.0 (approximately) cm
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the top of the upper fringe. The bag is lined with a printed fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0014
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- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; shell, cowrie
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0006
- Description
- A girl's deerskin dress fringed at the bottom of sleeves and at the hem. The dress is decorated with widely spaced horizontal rows of cowrie shells across the yoke and extending half way down the sleeves. There is a single row of shells at the hem.
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; shell, cowrie
- Dimensions
- 87.0 (shoulders) x 100.0 cm
- Description
- A girl's deerskin dress fringed at the bottom of sleeves and at the hem. The dress is decorated with widely spaced horizontal rows of cowrie shells across the yoke and extending half way down the sleeves. There is a single row of shells at the hem.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0006
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Beaded Medallion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact109.02.3058
- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3058
- Description
- Triangular piece of hide (deer?) with hair attached. A piece of thong is attached to the back of the hide. A beaded hide medallion is attached to the centre of the front (hair side). The medallion is decorated with a floral motif on a red background edged with rings of coloured beads - blue, pin…
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- Title
- Beaded Medallion
- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Triangular piece of hide (deer?) with hair attached. A piece of thong is attached to the back of the hide. A beaded hide medallion is attached to the centre of the front (hair side). The medallion is decorated with a floral motif on a red background edged with rings of coloured beads - blue, pink, green and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- decorative
- regalia
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3058
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0010%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Cree
- decorative
- needlework
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
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Beaded Pendant
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0343
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with…
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- Title
- Beaded Pendant
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with transparent beads, and the shield contains alternating red and white vertical stripes with a blue field across the top containing five cross-shaped stars. A 4.5 cm fringe at bottom is formed of strands beaded with transparent beads. The pendant is buckled in area above the eagle's head.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, cow
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0001
- Description
- A tooled leather belt of brown cowhide with a leather covered buckle. The belt is stamped “28 Saddle Craft by Textan Full Grain Cowhide 425 IK”.
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- Title
- Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, cow
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A tooled leather belt of brown cowhide with a leather covered buckle. The belt is stamped “28 Saddle Craft by Textan Full Grain Cowhide 425 IK”.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- decorative
- crafts
- tooling
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0001
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- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0015
- Description
- A soft buckskin belt with fringe (11.0 cm long) along the bottom edge. The belt fastens with a brass button from the U.S. Military (same as #103.07.0060m CC).
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- Title
- Belt
- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- A soft buckskin belt with fringe (11.0 cm long) along the bottom edge. The belt fastens with a brass button from the U.S. Military (same as #103.07.0060m CC).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0015
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- Date
- 1974 – 1978
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0116
- Description
- Plastic penguin in black and white, with red eyes and mouth. Head counterweighted so it wobbles if touched. Mass produced stamped on bottom "Grebe...Made in West Germany"
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1974 – 1978
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 3.7 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Plastic penguin in black and white, with red eyes and mouth. Head counterweighted so it wobbles if touched. Mass produced stamped on bottom "Grebe...Made in West Germany"
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- bird
- penguin
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0116
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Bird Figurine Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0094%20a-h
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0094 a-h
- Description
- A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge lik…
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- Title
- Bird Figurine Set
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 1.2 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge like, with bill in air, white spots, yellow eye. (b) yellow with brown head, long bill, crest on head, striped wing. (c )yellow with green head, long bill in air white dot on wing. (d) yellow, rooster like, with red head and comb, full striped green tail. (e) white with grey head, short bill, brown wings with bands at tips. (f) white with red circle around eye, long bill, brown wings, short tail. (g) blue with red wing, yellow bill and crest, white stripes around neck.( h)grey with black head with crest, red dot on wing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0094 a-h
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- Date
- 1945 – 1948
- Material
- stone; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0345 a,b
- Description
- Pair of rough beige stone bookends with upright supports and green felted bases, have been tooled over outside surfaces to create rough texture. Inset circular medallions says "This stone came from the House of Parliament". Left bookend pictures a Tudor rose, British houses of Parliament. Right bo…
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1945 – 1948
- Material
- stone; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 5.2 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of rough beige stone bookends with upright supports and green felted bases, have been tooled over outside surfaces to create rough texture. Inset circular medallions says "This stone came from the House of Parliament". Left bookend pictures a Tudor rose, British houses of Parliament. Right bookend pictures rampant lion.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0345 a,b
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- Date
- 1970 – 1972
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0337
- Description
- Simple copper bowl with deep indigo enamel interior and five subtle scallop indentation in rim, chased exterior. Scratched into copper "35".
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1970 – 1972
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- Simple copper bowl with deep indigo enamel interior and five subtle scallop indentation in rim, chased exterior. Scratched into copper "35".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0337
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0583
- Description
- Wide mouth, deep bowl having bulbous shape with slight indentation near base. White body, clear glaze over porcelain, with gold trim at foot and exterior rim and floral wheat multi coloured design flowing around exterior of bowl. Stamped on bottom is an amphora image and "Wedgewood Bone China Made …
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 10.6 cm
- Description
- Wide mouth, deep bowl having bulbous shape with slight indentation near base. White body, clear glaze over porcelain, with gold trim at foot and exterior rim and floral wheat multi coloured design flowing around exterior of bowl. Stamped on bottom is an amphora image and "Wedgewood Bone China Made in England - WHEATEAR (design) W.4051".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0583
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