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- Date
- 1968
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0109
- Description
- Red and gold academic hood, red velvet border, 8cm. wide, fits over shoulders, main body hangs down back, lower edge is rounded. Outside is solid gold colour, inside is red with two gold bands, each 14 cm. wide. An arc is cut into center seam to create a deep pocket, 29.5 x 15.5 x 21cm. tag insid…
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- Title
- Academic Hood
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 81.0 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- Red and gold academic hood, red velvet border, 8cm. wide, fits over shoulders, main body hangs down back, lower edge is rounded. Outside is solid gold colour, inside is red with two gold bands, each 14 cm. wide. An arc is cut into center seam to create a deep pocket, 29.5 x 15.5 x 21cm. tag inside pocket reads "09595 year "74 code 63 for Univ. of Calgary Hr. Dr. Hd. Sainthill Levine". Hood is contained in a black nylon zippered pouch, 34 x 40cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0109
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Accessories Box
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0213
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0213
- Description
- Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Lei…
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- Title
- Accessories Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 15.2 x 18.1 cm
- Description
- Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Leica-Meter camera attachment in its original red cardboard box, instruction manuals for the Leica-Meter attachment and the Leica M5, and an empty Kodak filter box. Some of the adapter rings are housed in cardboard Enteco or Kodak boxes while others are free-floating.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0213
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Advent Calendar
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0097
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…
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- Title
- Advent Calendar
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.
- Subject
- households
- children
- Christmas
- Advent
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
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Advertising Decal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.01.1017
- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
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- Title
- Advertising Decal
- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
- Subject
- Calgary Stampede
- souvenir
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Maxine Bishop, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
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Advertising Pennant
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; wood; synthetic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1016 a-c
- Description
- (a) Plastic pennant is triangular shape 20.0 at widest part, red with white writing: "du Maurier International". Stitched on to long thin wooden rod. (b) Light green fibre pennant with white trim and printing: "World Cup Skiing Bank of Montreal International Mount Norquay, Canada" (c) Same as (b) …
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- Title
- Advertising Pennant
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; wood; synthetic
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 62.0 cm
- Description
- (a) Plastic pennant is triangular shape 20.0 at widest part, red with white writing: "du Maurier International". Stitched on to long thin wooden rod. (b) Light green fibre pennant with white trim and printing: "World Cup Skiing Bank of Montreal International Mount Norquay, Canada" (c) Same as (b) except pennant colour is red.
- Subject
- World Cup Skiing
- Mount Norquay
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Williams, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1016 a-c
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Advertising Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.01.1004%20a-c
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths …
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- Title
- Advertising Poster
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths are 15 reasons to buy the knife. The price (5.95) is in large black numbers in bottom left corner.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- fishing
- F. O. (Pat) Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Karin MacAulay, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0074 a,b
- Description
- Pair of ladies after ski boots, black wool with embroidered red wool trim. One strip of trim is stitched from toe, over instep to ankle level and one strip is stitched around ankle. Trim is embroidered in yellow and black snowflake like floral motif. A red fabric with a low pile is stitched to uppe…
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- Title
- After Ski Boots
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 9.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of ladies after ski boots, black wool with embroidered red wool trim. One strip of trim is stitched from toe, over instep to ankle level and one strip is stitched around ankle. Trim is embroidered in yellow and black snowflake like floral motif. A red fabric with a low pile is stitched to upper edge and "V" shaped closure, the same red fabric covers platform between sole and uppers. Sole is white felt (1 cm. thick) a thick red shoe lace fits through one hole on each side of closure. Laces have a wooden piece on one end only. Boots are lined with white felt. Insoles are a heavy woven material.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- skiing
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0074 a,b
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal; paper; glass; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1007
- Description
- An old-fashioned metal alarm clock with a manual bell (4.0x8.0cm wide) on top. The face is off-white in colour and made from paper. The numbers on the face are in Roman numerals with gold-coloured ornate crosses in between each number. There is a round, intricate, gold-coloured design (7.0cm radi…
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- Title
- Alarm Clock
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal; paper; glass; paint
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- An old-fashioned metal alarm clock with a manual bell (4.0x8.0cm wide) on top. The face is off-white in colour and made from paper. The numbers on the face are in Roman numerals with gold-coloured ornate crosses in between each number. There is a round, intricate, gold-coloured design (7.0cm radius) in the centre of the face. There are two black clock hands, hour and minute, and two smaller mini faces (both measuring 2.0cm wide) above and below the centre of the face. The top mini face is an alarm, with numbers 1-12. The bottom mini face displays the seconds, in degrees of 10 with numbers. On top of the bell there is a gold-coloured ring, possibly used for carrying. There are two gold-coloured splayed legs to support the clock when upright. There is a golden banded detail around the circumference of the face and the body. On the back of the clock, there are two wind-up mechanisms, the viewer-left key is marked with “W.A.” and has an arrow pointing in a clockwise direction, the viewer-right key is marked with “W.T.” and has an arrow pointing in a counterclockwise direction. Situated between these wind-up mechanisms are two buttons that are arranged vertically. The top button controls the alarm and moves the hands in a clockwise direction. The bottom button is missing. Above the top button there is an “A”, and below the bottom button there is an “H”. There is also a slide-adjustment knob marked with an “F” on viewer-left and “S” on viewer-right (possibly used as a faster-slower feature for the alarm bell). There is also a button missing from underneath this slide-adjustment knob. Scratched into the top of the back of the clock is “Nick Morant Banff”. Written upside-down at the top viewer-right is “55.”
- Subject
- households
- timekeeping
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1007
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- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1016 a,b
- Description
- Pair alpine "Head" skis with skins. Black, steel edges "Head Vector 205B 12795", steel and chrome bindings. "Securus-Ramy made in France, Brev. SGDG Brev.+" Aluminum heel locator "Ramy made in France". Cable findings screwed on to sides, coiled binding with red rubber at heel. Skins 174.0 long,…
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- Title
- Alpine Skis
- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 205.0 cm
- Description
- Pair alpine "Head" skis with skins. Black, steel edges "Head Vector 205B 12795", steel and chrome bindings. "Securus-Ramy made in France, Brev. SGDG Brev.+" Aluminum heel locator "Ramy made in France". Cable findings screwed on to sides, coiled binding with red rubber at heel. Skins 174.0 long, metal fastener at toe with fabric strap looped around toe of ski. 3 groups of 4 rivets attach skins to skis.
- Subject
- sports
- skiing
- Peggy Telfer
- avalanches
- disasters
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1016 a,b
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- mineral, onyx; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0018 a,b
- Description
- A smoothly polished flat onyx stone (a) in a red velour carrying case (b) lined with satin. The stone has a finger depression carved into one side. Inside of the box the satin is marked with “Calmulet” in gold writing. The stone is also accompanied by a small pamphlet, which fits inside the box,…
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- Title
- Amulet
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- mineral, onyx; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.8 (a); 3.0 (b) x 3.5 (a); 7.0 (b) x 5.8 (a); 8.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A smoothly polished flat onyx stone (a) in a red velour carrying case (b) lined with satin. The stone has a finger depression carved into one side. Inside of the box the satin is marked with “Calmulet” in gold writing. The stone is also accompanied by a small pamphlet, which fits inside the box, and explains how the stone is used. The pamphlet reads:“As the ancient Chinese pondered the weighty problems of their time, or contemplated deep philosphies, it was their practice to stroke the smooth polished surface of valuable jade, a habit they found soothing to tired minds and tense nerves.The Egyptians and Greeks of long ago wore amulets, usually suspended from the neck, as a protection from the evil eye. It was a recognized good luck charm. Even the very religious Moslums believed in the power of the amulet.Now the amulet is once more being sought as a potential calmer of jangled nerves. The CALMULET is designed for this purpose. Hold it in the palm of your hand . . . it is especially shaped to nestle there, inviting nervous fingers to gently rub it’s smooth satiny surface.CALMULET a finely cut lustrous onyx will become your personal talisman.”
- Subject
- medicinal
- religious
- superstitions
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0018 a,b
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- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0085
- Description
- Circular pouch with two straps with buckskin ties. Green white triangular beading on straps, pouch white "Queen's Crown" beaded on green ground is on front face of cotton lined pouch. Backside of pouch beaded with silver at edge, star in middle and surrounding V shapes, all on red ground. Backside…
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- Title
- Amulet Charm
- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Circular pouch with two straps with buckskin ties. Green white triangular beading on straps, pouch white "Queen's Crown" beaded on green ground is on front face of cotton lined pouch. Backside of pouch beaded with silver at edge, star in middle and surrounding V shapes, all on red ground. Backside of pouch beaded on canvas and front side beaded on buckskin. Fringe tassels of silver beads on lower two thirds of pouch edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- lore
- religious
- Eliza Hunter
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0085
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- Date
- 1955
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1168
- Description
- A hand-forged, chromalloy steel, angle piton with a welded ring attached. Engraved “STUBAI” below that “MADE IN AUSTRIA” and then “HG”.
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- Title
- Angle Piton
- Date
- 1955
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged, chromalloy steel, angle piton with a welded ring attached. Engraved “STUBAI” below that “MADE IN AUSTRIA” and then “HG”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1168
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0060
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0060
- Description
- Small carved wooden horse with an arched tail and neck. The mane and tail are painted grey, and the eyes and hooves are black.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 3.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Small carved wooden horse with an arched tail and neck. The mane and tail are painted grey, and the eyes and hooves are black.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0060
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0002
- Date
- 1967 – 1973
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0002
- Description
- A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been pa…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1967 – 1973
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been painted dark brown. The bottom is marked “For Pearl Moore HAL.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0002
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0004
- Date
- 1967 – 1967
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0004
- Description
- A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop th…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1967 – 1967
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0; 5.3 (base) x 2.5; 6.0 (base) x 3.0; 7.1 (base) cm
- Description
- A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop the other. The bottom is marked “Hal Bieler 67” in red.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0004
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0007
- Date
- 1966 – 1973
- Material
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0007
- Description
- A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1966 – 1973
- Material
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 4.5 x 4.7 cm
- Description
- A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals, bears
- Hal Bieler
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0007
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0113
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0113
- Description
- Simply carved otter figurine, detailed eyes and mouth, broad, pointed tail, stained dark brown. "Hand Made on Alberta, Canada" sticker removed.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 2.3 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- Simply carved otter figurine, detailed eyes and mouth, broad, pointed tail, stained dark brown. "Hand Made on Alberta, Canada" sticker removed.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- carving
- animal
- otter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0113
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0117
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0117
- Description
- Stuffed walrus figurine, made from single piece of genuine seal hide except for front flippers which are attached separately. Tusks of plastic, eyes and nose are removable, black headed pins. Stamped on right front flipper underside "Made in Norway".
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 7.0 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Stuffed walrus figurine, made from single piece of genuine seal hide except for front flippers which are attached separately. Tusks of plastic, eyes and nose are removable, black headed pins. Stamped on right front flipper underside "Made in Norway".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- seal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0117
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0129
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0129
- Description
- Small, rounded mouse like animal with leather ears and eyes, leather underside of sealskin. Entire body seal fur in two sections joined at mid point on body. Leather tail 10.0 cm. long.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 5.0 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Small, rounded mouse like animal with leather ears and eyes, leather underside of sealskin. Entire body seal fur in two sections joined at mid point on body. Leather tail 10.0 cm. long.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- mouse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0129
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0020
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0020
- Description
- Simple stick figurine of a pack horse with a diamond hitch pack. Body formed from a small log, four nails serve as the legs, the 4cm. long neck is a nail bored through the head which is made from a twig section 3.5 x 1 cm. diam. Two eyes represented by two small nails, two ears are also two small…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 8.7 x 13.3 cm
- Description
- Simple stick figurine of a pack horse with a diamond hitch pack. Body formed from a small log, four nails serve as the legs, the 4cm. long neck is a nail bored through the head which is made from a twig section 3.5 x 1 cm. diam. Two eyes represented by two small nails, two ears are also two small nails. The bark from the twig has been shaved at the bottom of the head to suggest the muzzle, an indentation is cut into bottom of head to accommodate the string bridal. The string rein is attached to top of the bulging pack which is fastened with a triple diamond hitch. Two small blocks of wood pack boxes are nailed to the body, one on either side. These blocks are concealed by an unbleached cotton tarp, cotton is stuffed, and bulges unevenly over the securing string. Cinch is fashioned from a piece of insulated copper wire. Strand of thick string nailed to rear for tail. Abrand has been burned into left front: "M" ("M" standing on rocking arch).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- horse
- packers and guides
- diamond hitch
- Chuck Millar
- Mount Assiniboine
- Erling Strom
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0020
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