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Man with Fish

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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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Mauten copy 1928

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Oxen pulling wagon

Date Range: Copy made 1928

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 4057

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 4057

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: Copy made 1928

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Oxen pulling wagon

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Canada

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Unknown

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Mountains north of track near Canmore, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-16

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 18

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Natural Bridge

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Location unknown

Date Range: [ca.1900?]

Reference Code: V650 / 5386 - PA - 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 5386 - PA - 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 14 x 7 cm

Scope & Content: Location unknown

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Unknown

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Nigatsu-do Temple

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: 1912

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.02

Description: Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Nigatsu-do Temple

Date: 1912

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 25.7 x 36.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third

Subject: architecture; figure; group; religious

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.02

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Nigatsu-do Temple

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: 1876 – 1950

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.17

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Nigatsu-do Temple

Date: 1876 – 1950

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 37.6; 37.8 x 25.5; 26.0 cm

Subject: architecture; figure; group; religious

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

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.17

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Polar Bear Hunt

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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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Ross Peak and Snow Shed 22, Glacier B.C / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 19-106

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Sealskin Hunter and Bear

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: fur; seal; grass; skin; wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.18

Description: A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Sealskin Hunter and Bear

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: fur; seal; grass; skin; wood

Dimensions: 20.5 cm

Description: A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a woven grass circle. The man has painted black features and a skin fringe hanging from the edges of his parka. The polar bear has painted features and an open mouth.

Subject: figure; male; animal; polar bear; activity; hunting

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.18

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Three Sisters and Natural Pillars, Canmore, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-30

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 15

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 15

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 16 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Three Sisters, Canmore Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-22

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Tsurngizan Morning

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.11

Description: Colour: purple, rose. There is a tent and a figure by a fire in the lower left corner. There are three ridges close together until half way up, then the distant peaks rise to pink and yellow tan clouds.

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Tsurngizan Morning

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 42.5 x 28.5 cm

Description: Colour: purple, rose. There is a tent and a figure by a fire in the lower left corner. There are three ridges close together until half way up, then the distant peaks rise to pink and yellow tan clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountain; camp; figure

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.11

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Tsurngizan Morning

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.18

Description: Colour: purple, rose. There is a tent and a figure by a fire in the lower left corner. There are three ridges close together until half way up, then the distant peaks rise to pink and yellow tan clouds.

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Tsurngizan Morning

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 48.2 x 28.8 cm

Description: Colour: purple, rose. There is a tent and a figure by a fire in the lower left corner. There are three ridges close together until half way up, then the distant peaks rise to pink and yellow tan clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountain; camp; figure

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

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.18

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Tunnel on Mt. Stephen, near Field B.C./ On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-20

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 6

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 6

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Twin Falls, near Field B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-118

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 8

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 8

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Two Men and Serving Maid

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1800

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.03

Description: Plaque on frame: Goya 1746 - 1828

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Two Men and Serving Maid

Date: c. 1800

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 18.5 x 22.5 cm

Description: Plaque on frame: Goya 1746 - 1828

Subject: figure; group

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.03

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Two Sided Woman

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.46

Description: mottled green stone; 2 sided woman; stylized shape of woman; bare headed; one side hands in front, fingers against her body; other side, she has an ulu in her right hand; carved features, dug out eyes and mouth, both sides.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Two Sided Woman

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 15.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: mottled green stone; 2 sided woman; stylized shape of woman; bare headed; one side hands in front, fingers against her body; other side, she has an ulu in her right hand; carved features, dug out eyes and mouth, both sides.

Subject: figure; woman; two-sided; double-sided; ulu; inuk; face

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.46

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Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.01

Description: Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 37.4 x 24.7 cm

Description: Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.