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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.1014 a-c
Description
Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman wi…
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Title
Bust
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood
Description
Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman with long hair and a demure smile. The bottom of this bust is marked “Hand Carved by Augustin Oberdmeryani” in bright pink.
Subject
crafts
woodworking
carving
art
artists
Augustin Oberdmeryani
Jimmy Simpson
Billie Simpson
Mary Simpson
Credit
Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
Catalogue Number
107.02.1014 a-c
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Date
1945 – 1945
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
102.04.0201
Description
A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1945 – 1945
Material
stone
Dimensions
4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
Description
A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Pete Neish
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0201
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
102.04.0202
Description
A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
stone
Dimensions
4.3 x 6.2 x 8.6 cm
Description
A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box is somewhat roughly carved and finished.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Bill Peyto
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0202
Images
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