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Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

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Deb in the Snags

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Deb in the Snags

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

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Dennis

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.35

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dennis

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.35

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The Drying Tent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.46

Description: Photograph of boots, coats, towels and gear inside of the drying tent at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: The Drying Tent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of boots, coats, towels and gear inside of the drying tent at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.46

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Family Caribou Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Family Caribou Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Dimensions: 58.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.

Subject: figures; male; female; child; activity; hunting; animals; caribou; dog; architecture; teepee

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

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Family of Three

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.37

Description: Family of three sitting outside of their tent at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Family of Three

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Family of three sitting outside of their tent at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.37

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Fish’s Tent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.47

Description: Photograph of Fish’s tent with mountains in the background, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Fish’s Tent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Fish’s tent with mountains in the background, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.47

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Forest Interpretation Trail

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.19

Description: Photograph taken by the Forest Interpretation Trail in Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. There are clear-cuts in the background that can be seen from the highway. This area has been named the “Black Hole.”

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Forest Interpretation Trail

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken by the Forest Interpretation Trail in Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. There are clear-cuts in the background that can be seen from the highway. This area has been named the “Black Hole.”

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.19

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Fresh Cut in Gold River, B.C.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.17

Description: Photograph of clear-cuts in Gold River, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Fresh Cut in Gold River, B.C.

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of clear-cuts in Gold River, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.17

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Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.29 a-d

Description: (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon i…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 2.3 x 16.6 cm

Description: (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon is in three pieces. The wood handle is 38.5cm and the three separate pieces of ivory and metal that form the spear end are light in color. The metal tip end has a piece of thin skin attached. The wood handle also has a thin piece of skin attached at one end. The holding line is broken and separated. (c) The bow is 26.5 cm ,light in color and made from bone. At each end there is a notched area used to tie the sinew to. The sinew on this bow is braided. (d) 26.5 cm This fish spear has a wooden handle and three prongs at the top held together with a piece of sinew. The spear also has a spear rest that has a hole drilled in the center, a foot shape at one end and a carved out space in the center for the spear.

Subject: activity; hunting; entertainment

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.29 a-d

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Ghislain and Sherry

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.43

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Ghislain and Sherry after a day’s work on a slash burn, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Ghislain and Sherry

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Ghislain and Sherry after a day’s work on a slash burn, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.43

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Group of Seals

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.50 a-c

Description: Green stone, seal (a) resting on side with head and back flippers up, right front flipper against body, head turned to the right. Seal (b) 3.5x6.5x3.2 is lying on his right side, front and back flippers evident, head to the left. Seal (c) 4.0x9.0x3.2 is lying on left side, front and back flippers e…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Group of Seals

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 4.2 x 3.0 x 6.3 cm

Description: Green stone, seal (a) resting on side with head and back flippers up, right front flipper against body, head turned to the right. Seal (b) 3.5x6.5x3.2 is lying on his right side, front and back flippers evident, head to the left. Seal (c) 4.0x9.0x3.2 is lying on left side, front and back flippers evident, head turned slightly back and to the right. All 3 have faintly defined features.

Subject: animal; seal; group;

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.50 a-c

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Helicopter Planting Camp

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.10

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 1 of a triptych and should be displayed on the left-hand side.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Helicopter Planting Camp

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 1 of a triptych and should be displayed on the left-hand side.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.10

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Helicopter Planting Camp

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.11

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 2 of a triptych and should be displayed on in the center.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Helicopter Planting Camp

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 2 of a triptych and should be displayed on in the center.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.11

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Helicopter Planting Camp

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.12

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 3 of a triptych and should be displayed on the right-hand side.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Helicopter Planting Camp

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a helicopter planting camp in Moh Creek, Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Note: This photograph is part 3 of a triptych and should be displayed on the right-hand side.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.12

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Horned Owl

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.79

Description: grey stone with gold flecks; carved horned owl; wings with long feather detail; eyes incised circles; flat feet; feet and tail touch the ground.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Horned Owl

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 8.0 x 4.7 cm

Description: grey stone with gold flecks; carved horned owl; wings with long feather detail; eyes incised circles; flat feet; feet and tail touch the ground.

Subject: animal; bird; owl; horned owl;

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.79

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"Hotel Closed" Sign

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Physical Description: 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Name Access: Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Hotel; Sign

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.