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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.06
Description
General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Back of Sawback
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 25.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.06
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Bow lake
glacier
Crowfoot Glacier
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
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Bow Pass, Early Morning

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.04
Description
General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Pass, Early Morning
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
29.1 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
Subject
figure
male
female
activity
hunting
animal
caribou
fish
dog
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.23
Description
General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.23
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.04.02
Description
General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.04.02
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Consolation Valley
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
48.2 x 37.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.12
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Ghost Lake, Alberta
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 32.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.12
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.02
Description
An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Cent…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Goodsir Plateau
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 57.1 cm
Description
An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0335 A; 20688
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.02
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The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.14
Description
General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.14
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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.
Subject
figure
male
animal
polar bear
activity
hunting
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.49
Description
mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Man
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
8.8 x 4.8 cm
Description
mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.
Subject
figure
male
parka
inukl
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.49
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.44 a,b
Description
green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in ha…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Man with Fish
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
11.5 x 6.8 cm
Description
green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in hand and fish.
Subject
figure
male
animal
fish
activity
hunting
fishing;
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.44 a,b
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 57.0 cm
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Babel
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.2 x 45.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Edith
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.
Subject
mount edith
mountains
banff
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
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Near Nanton, Alberta

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.15
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Near Nanton, Alberta
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.1 x 23.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.15
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Old Saints, Church Street

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Saints, Church Street
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.
Subject
urban
building
church
figure
people
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.08
Description
The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. Th…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Polar Bear Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool
Dimensions
53.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. The four dogs are on three sides of the polar bear. The edges of the wall hanging are stitched with a criss cross in fibre colours yellow and brown. All the figures are cut out shapes and are all stitched on with a fibre thread.
Subject
activity
hunting
figure
male
animal
polar bear
dog
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.08
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