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- Date
- 1860 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0059
- Description
- Small square wooden box with inlaid top. Box contains another box within concealed by separate removable side panels on all four sides. Inlay pattern is a series of horizontal strips of dark, light and black woods. The horizontals are interrupted by two rectangles. Upper triangle, 6.4 x 2.5 cm.…
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- Title
- Box Puzzle
- Date
- 1860 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Small square wooden box with inlaid top. Box contains another box within concealed by separate removable side panels on all four sides. Inlay pattern is a series of horizontal strips of dark, light and black woods. The horizontals are interrupted by two rectangles. Upper triangle, 6.4 x 2.5 cm. is inlaid with thin strips of black set diagonally in both directions. The lower triangle, 3.5 x 3.0 cm, is inlaid with twelve light and black wood triangles. A narrow vertical rectangle, 3.2 x .9 cm. of light wood interrupted by thin horizontal strips of black is set to the left of the lower triangle. The four corner support posts are attached to base by small wooden pegs which are visible on bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0059
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Miniature Fan Collection
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …
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- Title
- Miniature Fan Collection
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
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- Date
- 1860 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0628
- Description
- Small rectangular tray with rounded corners. Ridged tray rim is sloped design on surface is incised leaf and teapot with signature incised and stained red, in lower right corner. Furrowed tool marks gouged in bottom of tray around central flat rectangle containing incised calligraphy.
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- Title
- Serving Tray
- Date
- 1860 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 17.3 x 23.8 cm
- Description
- Small rectangular tray with rounded corners. Ridged tray rim is sloped design on surface is incised leaf and teapot with signature incised and stained red, in lower right corner. Furrowed tool marks gouged in bottom of tray around central flat rectangle containing incised calligraphy.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0628
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- Date
- 1860 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0227
- Description
- A heavy cast iron teapot of traditional shape with thick hexagonal lip around circular opening at top and small gracefully curved spout from centre at one side. Tall looped handle of metal tapers at ends into lugs on shoulder of pot above spout and on opposite side. Surface beginning 3 cm above rou…
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1860 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 13.0 x 16.7 cm
- Description
- A heavy cast iron teapot of traditional shape with thick hexagonal lip around circular opening at top and small gracefully curved spout from centre at one side. Tall looped handle of metal tapers at ends into lugs on shoulder of pot above spout and on opposite side. Surface beginning 3 cm above rough metal of bottom has been polished and etched with a flock of butterflies inlaid with gold, and a similarly worked gold chrysanthemum on each face of the hexagonal lip. Simple flat round bronze lid with plain hollow metal knob screwed into centre on a bed of simple leaves. Inside texture of roughly cast iron; handle contains inlaid butterfly motif. Marks: four Japanese characters under handle opposite spout, engraved Japanese signature underside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- ceremonial
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0227
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