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- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 47
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Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenb.18.05
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
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- Title
- Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 39.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
- Credit
- Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.08
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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- Title
- The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 11.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
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- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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- Title
- Dancing Lions
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.1 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
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Flower Viewing on the Boat
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.14%20a-c
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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- Title
- Flower Viewing on the Boat
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 75 cm
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
- Subject
- gathering
- women
- activity
- boating
- flower viewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
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Garden of Autumn Grass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthos.04.01%20a-c
- Artist
- Hosei
- Date
- 1897 – 1897
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoS.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This panel of 3 pieces features four women in a garden. The first panel depicts a young woman standing at the right side of the panel with her head turned to the right. To her left is a large space of garden. The second panel contains 2 women. The one on the bl is crouching down with her head tur…
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- Artist
- Hosei
- Title
- Garden of Autumn Grass
- Date
- 1897 – 1897
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 72.5 cm
- Description
- This panel of 3 pieces features four women in a garden. The first panel depicts a young woman standing at the right side of the panel with her head turned to the right. To her left is a large space of garden. The second panel contains 2 women. The one on the bl is crouching down with her head turned to the right. She holds a small flower. The woman in the tr is sitting on a bench facing left, with her back to the viewer. In the third panel the bench continues, with a woman sitting on the left end of it. She is holding a fan, looking downwards and facing the viewer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HoS.04.01 a-c
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Harpooning a Walrus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactavi.04.01
- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Title
- Harpooning a Walrus
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
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Kabuki Theatre Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkot.04.02%20a-c
- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 73.5 cm
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkot.04.01%20a-c
- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
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Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.06%20a-c
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.06 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large bask…
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- Title
- Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 71.25 cm
- Description
- This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large basket of flowers, and a women is crouching down by the cart holding a beautiful red scarf. The carts wheel goes into the third panel where a woman holding a small child stands. This woman’s body is facing towards the right, but her head turned down and to the left to view the cart. There is no background in any of the scenes, except for a blossoming tree behind the cart.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.06 a-c
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Snow in the Dawn
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkko.04.01%20a-c
- Artist
- Odo Kokusei
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KkO.04.01 a-c
- Description
- (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like…
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- Artist
- Odo Kokusei
- Title
- Snow in the Dawn
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like structure (c) 36.8 x 25.5/36.2 x 25.2 a gentleman seated on a cushion glances at the activity outside, while a lady behind him carries a tray with a snow sculpture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KkO.04.01 a-c
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Ulu, Scraper, Slingshot
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.28%20a-c
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.28 a-c
- Description
- The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is n…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Ulu, Scraper, Slingshot
- Date
- prior to 1988
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is narrow at one end for your hand and wider and thin at the other for the scraping action. At the narrow end there is a thin piece of skin threaded threw a hole and knotted used for hanging. (c) 89.0 x 4.5 cm A piece of skin with a wide spot in the center and a long strips stitched on either side used for a slingshot. The skin is light in color and also a light weight. At the end of one skin strip there is a hole and at the other there is a section that has been doubled up and stitched. The center piece has two holes in the center.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.28 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.05
- Description
- In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.6 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans shoe is black with a strap in the front, her sock is white, her skirt is blue and the rest black. In the tr corner and in the tl corner are two more large rocks.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.05
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untitled [belt]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.029%20c
- Date
- c. 1970
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.029 c
- Description
- An inkle loom-made belt in shades of blues and greens with fringed ends.
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- Title
- untitled [belt]
- Date
- c. 1970
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 147.0 cm
- Description
- An inkle loom-made belt in shades of blues and greens with fringed ends.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.029 c
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Untitled [blanket]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.025%20a
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.025 a
- Description
- A hand woven wool blanket woven in green on natural cotton.
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- Title
- Untitled [blanket]
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Dimensions
- 168.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- A hand woven wool blanket woven in green on natural cotton.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.025 a
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Untitled (hand bag)
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.003 b
- Description
- A handbag made of turquoise-coloured cotton and blue plastic Sears bags. It is woven in a log cabin design with an inkle loom strap.
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- Title
- Untitled (hand bag)
- Date
- c. 1970
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- A handbag made of turquoise-coloured cotton and blue plastic Sears bags. It is woven in a log cabin design with an inkle loom strap.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.003 b
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Untitled (napkin)
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- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- weaving
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.023 h
- Description
- A hand woven, orange cotton table napkin with fringed ends.
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- Title
- Untitled (napkin)
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- weaving
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A hand woven, orange cotton table napkin with fringed ends.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.023 h
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Untitled sample
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.028 b
- Description
- A sample of weaving (spaced denting) in five colours: red; pink; brown; black; blue. It has open spaces and fringes on each end.
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- Title
- Untitled sample
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A sample of weaving (spaced denting) in five colours: red; pink; brown; black; blue. It has open spaces and fringes on each end.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.028 b
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Untitled (sample)
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- Date
- 1960 – 1980
- Medium
- weaving
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.011 f
- Description
- A large handwoven natural linen piece; looks like it could be a table runner or dress scarf but not named. It has a hand-stitched hem, see cataloguer’s notes.
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- Title
- Untitled (sample)
- Date
- 1960 – 1980
- Medium
- weaving
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 80.0 cm
- Description
- A large handwoven natural linen piece; looks like it could be a table runner or dress scarf but not named. It has a hand-stitched hem, see cataloguer’s notes.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.011 f
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Untitled (sample)
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.013 h
- Description
- A small cotton weaving sample in blue, black and white, with fringes on the ends.
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- Title
- Untitled (sample)
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- weaving
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A small cotton weaving sample in blue, black and white, with fringes on the ends.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.013 h
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Untitled (sample)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactanm.08.029%20f
- Date
- c. 1970
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.029 f
- Description
- Grey and orange unspun wool
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- Title
- Untitled (sample)
- Date
- c. 1970
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Grey and orange unspun wool
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AnM.08.029 f
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