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Description: The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: On the Shuswap Lake

Date: 1912

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.

Subject: landscape; water; mountains

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.53

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A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.54

Description: This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14 x 19 cm

Description: This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.

Subject: landscape; water; bush; mountains

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.54

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1910 – 1940

Material: wood; metal, brass

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0131

Description: A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1910 – 1940

Material: wood; metal, brass

Dimensions: 5.0 x 10.7 x 18.0 cm

Description: A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0131

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1910 – 1935

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0222

Description: Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1910 – 1935

Material: wood

Dimensions: 4.0 x 7.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.

Subject: households; decorative; miniatures

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0222

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1910 – 1925

Material: bark; quill; grass

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0266

Description: A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1910 – 1925

Material: bark; quill; grass

Dimensions: 6.2 x 7.5 cm

Description: A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.

Subject: households; Indigenous; decorative; quillwork

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0266

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