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Larry Hairy Bull

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 2003

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.14

Description: Portrait of Larry Hairy Bull making the peace sign over his head, Standoff, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Larry Hairy Bull

Date: 1997 – 2003

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Portrait of Larry Hairy Bull making the peace sign over his head, Standoff, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; portrait; First Nations; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.14

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Laura

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.01

Description: Women wearing red gloves holding a camera standing on river rocks with green conifers behind her

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Title: Laura

Date: 2009

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Dimensions: 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Description: Women wearing red gloves holding a camera standing on river rocks with green conifers behind her

Subject: documentary photography; Banff; community; landscape; portrait

Credit: Gift of Sarah Fuller, Wakefield, 2016

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.01

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Lighting Strike, near Standoff

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.15

Description: View of a lightening storm near Standoff, Alberta, Blood Reserve.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Lighting Strike, near Standoff

Date: 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: View of a lightening storm near Standoff, Alberta, Blood Reserve.

Subject: documentary photography; landscape; lightening; First Nations; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.15

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Making Buns

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.28

Description: Photograph of three women making buns at a table. Photograph was taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Making Buns

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Photograph of three women making buns at a table. Photograph was taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Hutterite cooking; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.28

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Merlin Chief Calf, Standoff

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.16

Description: Portrait of Merlin Chief Calf looking out the window, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Merlin Chief Calf, Standoff

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Portrait of Merlin Chief Calf looking out the window, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; First Nations; portrait; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.16

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Morris Crow Funeral

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2006 – 2008

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.17

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve. Photograph of Morris Crow in his casket.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Morris Crow Funeral

Date: 2006 – 2008

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve. Photograph of Morris Crow in his casket.

Subject: documentary photography; funeral; First Nations; Indigenous; community

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.17

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On the Way to Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1952 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.020

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Indian Days

Date: 1952 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 51.1 x 150.8 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.

Subject: landscape; figure; group; transportation; animal; horse; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.020

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Pants on Clothesline

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.30

Description: Photograph of seven pairs of pants hanging from a clothesline outside. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Pants on Clothesline

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Photograph of seven pairs of pants hanging from a clothesline outside. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; laundry; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.30

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Pathway Through the Ducks

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.32

Description: Unidentified woman standing in in front of a barn among many ducks. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Pathway Through the Ducks

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Unidentified woman standing in in front of a barn among many ducks. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; ducks; barn; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.32

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Plucking Chickens

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.34

Description: Photograph of a woman in front of a window plucking chickens. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Plucking Chickens

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Photograph of a woman in front of a window plucking chickens. Photograph taken at Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; chicken; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.34

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Prayers, Kindergarten Class

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.47

Description: Young girls in kindergarten class saying prayers. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Prayers, Kindergarten Class

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Young girls in kindergarten class saying prayers. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony, Southern Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; school; pray; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.47

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Rider Leading Packhorse

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.05

Description: Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of botto…

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Rider Leading Packhorse

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of bottom of picture. A horned skull is in bottom right of picture.

Subject: landscape, foothills; animal, horse; figure, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.05

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Sacred Site

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1996 – 2009

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.20

Description: View of a sacred site in the spring, Blood Reserve, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Sacred Site

Date: 1996 – 2009

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: View of a sacred site in the spring, Blood Reserve, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; landscape; First Nations; Indigenous; community

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.20

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Sacrifice

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Title: Sacrifice

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 91.5 cm

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.

Subject: figure; group; historical; cultural; Indigenous; religious; Sundance Ceremony

Credit: Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

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Sam Day Chief

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.21

Description: Portrait of Sam Day Chief wearing a hat in Sandoff, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Sam Day Chief

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Portrait of Sam Day Chief wearing a hat in Sandoff, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; First Nations; Indigenous; community; portrait

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.21

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A Sioux Chief

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Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Date: 1959

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.05

Description: Portrait of a Sioux man wearing a large headdress, and multi-coloured beaded jacket.

Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Title: A Sioux Chief

Date: 1959

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.0 cm

Description: Portrait of a Sioux man wearing a large headdress, and multi-coloured beaded jacket.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous; Sioux

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

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.05

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Sports Day, End of School Year

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.45

Description: Group of children running across the street while pushing tires on Sports Day at the end of the school year. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Sports Day, End of School Year

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Group of children running across the street while pushing tires on Sports Day at the end of the school year. Photograph taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern Alberta.