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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0466
- Description
- A simple copper bowl with three brass paw-like feet which support the bowl.
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- Title
- Bonbon Dish
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 cm
- Description
- A simple copper bowl with three brass paw-like feet which support the bowl.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0466
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Christmas Cards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.04.01%20a-i
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.01 a-i
- Description
- Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, …
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- Title
- Christmas Cards
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 16.2 cm
- Description
- Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, appears to be teaching them (d) various Rocky Mountain animals in a long canoe, the moose at the back is rowing (e) various Rocky Mountain animals working at easels with a man and woman on the left watching (f) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on a bench looking at a piece of abstract art on the wall (g) various Rocky Mountain animals on a sling being lifted by a yellow helicopter (h) various Rocky Mountain animals look at a sign Do not feed tourists danger big fine (i) various Rocky Mountain animals at easels painting, the backs of the easels are seen
- Subject
- card
- Christmas
- animals
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.01 a-i
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Felis Concolor Pelt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1017
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1017
- Description
- Cougar pelt, claws missing.
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- Title
- Felis Concolor Pelt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 160.0 cm
- Description
- Cougar pelt, claws missing.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- animals
- cougar
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1017
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- Date
- 1938
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1093
- Description
- Circular metal anchor with leather strap. Strap attached through anchor’s central 6 cm diameter hole. Strap approximately 39 cm long with metal buckle at end.
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- Title
- Horse Anchor
- Date
- 1938
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- Circular metal anchor with leather strap. Strap attached through anchor’s central 6 cm diameter hole. Strap approximately 39 cm long with metal buckle at end.
- Subject
- transportation
- animals
- horses
- riding
- Elliott Barnes
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Barnes, Calgary, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1093
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Horseshoe Nail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.03.1018
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1018
- Description
- Short squared nail.
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- Title
- Horseshoe Nail
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Short squared nail.
- Subject
- animals
- horses
- buildings
- Peyto Cabin
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1018
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0005
- Description
- Brass doorknocker cast in the shape of a cat with an arched back. Knocker is hinged behind back to plaque beneath. Plaque is cast in hourglass shape with projecting lug below and above with holes to screw to door.
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- Title
- Knocker
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Brass doorknocker cast in the shape of a cat with an arched back. Knocker is hinged behind back to plaque beneath. Plaque is cast in hourglass shape with projecting lug below and above with holes to screw to door.
- Subject
- households
- furnishing
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0005
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0006
- Description
- Brass doorknocker cast in the shape of a walking reindeer. Knocker is hinged behind antlers to plaque beneath. Plaque of two cast semi-circles connected by two vertical bars is nailed to door through two holes in top semi-circle and through one hole on projecting lug beneath lower semi-circle.
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- Title
- Knocker
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 3.0 x 4.4 cm
- Description
- Brass doorknocker cast in the shape of a walking reindeer. Knocker is hinged behind antlers to plaque beneath. Plaque of two cast semi-circles connected by two vertical bars is nailed to door through two holes in top semi-circle and through one hole on projecting lug beneath lower semi-circle.
- Subject
- households
- furnishing
- animals
- Moore home
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0006
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
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- Title
- Leather Awl
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals
- Indigenous
- Plains
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
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Our Very Best Wishes Christmas and the New Year
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.827
- Description
- A group of people are gathered together sitting out on the grass. There is a person walking towards them walking an animal (potentially a dog). To the right and in the mid ground there is six tipis arranged uniformly. In the background there is a green coloured hill/mountain with a grey mountain in…
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- Title
- Our Very Best Wishes Christmas and the New Year
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.2 x 30.7 cm
- Description
- A group of people are gathered together sitting out on the grass. There is a person walking towards them walking an animal (potentially a dog). To the right and in the mid ground there is six tipis arranged uniformly. In the background there is a green coloured hill/mountain with a grey mountain in the background. Written below the drawing “CATHARINE WHYTE PETER WHYTE OUR VERY BEST WISHES CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.827
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- Date
- 1930 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0067
- Description
- A square, flat, woven straw bag, woven with natural and coloured straw to create a red and green plaid pattern. The bag has a pink velvet twisted wire animal (dog?) with bouquets of artificial flowers near the two small loop handles. Inside is a small woven pouch with a blue tile in it (3.5 cm x 3…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- A square, flat, woven straw bag, woven with natural and coloured straw to create a red and green plaid pattern. The bag has a pink velvet twisted wire animal (dog?) with bouquets of artificial flowers near the two small loop handles. Inside is a small woven pouch with a blue tile in it (3.5 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.0 cm).
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0067
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0101
- Description
- A tarnished (greenish colour) brass bell with tall long-legged bird standing on top on one leg with wings outspread. The bird has a long neck that is upraised and the bird’s beak is open. The bird’s bent leg holds a metal bead suspended from a chain that clangs against the outside of the bell.
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- Title
- Service Bell
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 cm
- Description
- A tarnished (greenish colour) brass bell with tall long-legged bird standing on top on one leg with wings outspread. The bird has a long neck that is upraised and the bird’s beak is open. The bird’s bent leg holds a metal bead suspended from a chain that clangs against the outside of the bell.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0101
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.791
- Description
- In a large boxed-off square there is a crowd observing a person ski jumping down a hill. There is a mountain in the background, a judges platform that is at the top of the hill, and in the foreground there are large steps where a group of animals is sitting and watching the competition (each animal…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.4 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- In a large boxed-off square there is a crowd observing a person ski jumping down a hill. There is a mountain in the background, a judges platform that is at the top of the hill, and in the foreground there are large steps where a group of animals is sitting and watching the competition (each animal is on their own step). In a small boxed-off rectangle below the larger drawing there is a group of animals sitting on benches in what appears to be an office. Written above the door it says “DEPT OF IDEAS” and hanging on the door a sign that says “OUT OF ORDER.” Near the BRC of the paper there is a sign drawn that says “NO JOBS TODAY”.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- ski jumping
- competition
- judges
- spectators
- mountain
- stairs
- office
- door
- animals
- moose
- squirrel
- deer
- bear
- bench
- signs
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.791
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.871
- Description
- Inside of a house that has two people (Peter and Catharine) sitting in their chairs framing the window. There are two paintings on the wall, and then a group of animals looking in the window at them. Peter is reading a newspaper and Catharine is knitting.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Inside of a house that has two people (Peter and Catharine) sitting in their chairs framing the window. There are two paintings on the wall, and then a group of animals looking in the window at them. Peter is reading a newspaper and Catharine is knitting.
- Subject
- Christmas Card
- people
- man
- woman
- animals
- moose
- bear
- deer
- chairs
- furniture
- house
- painting
- newspaper
- knitting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.871
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- Date
- ca. 1941 – 1942
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.09.01
- Description
- A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sund…
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- Title
- untitled
- Date
- ca. 1941 – 1942
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sundance lodge, RCMP Barracks, Haida symbols, Loose linocuts of villages, a church have been placed between pages. Near the back is a letter to members of the Society of Canadian Painter-etchers and Engravers and a list of paintings exhibited by the Art Gallery of Toronto April 11 - May 3 1942
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.09.01
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Jones, Cochrane, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
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