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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
Subject
figure
male
female
activity
hunting
animal
caribou
fish
dog
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Images
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The Man from Big Stone

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.04
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
The Man from Big Stone
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a coat and hat, holding a lighted match in his right hand and a pape in his left. In the lower left corner is a stone.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.04
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The Man in a Fur Coat

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.05
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.05
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a fur hat and coat. He is pulling on his gloves. Beyond on the left side are two figures with their backs facing the viewer.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
The Man in a Fur Coat
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.1 x 28.4 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Left profile and upper torso of a man in a fur hat and coat. He is pulling on his gloves. Beyond on the left side are two figures with their backs facing the viewer.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.05
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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
Images
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Reflection on a Great Grandfather

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.07
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.07
Description
Colour: black on white. A glassed portrait of an elderly man hangs on a flowered wall paper. Reflected in the glass is the artist, his easel and a window to the right.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Reflection on a Great Grandfather
Date
prior to 1988
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 19.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. A glassed portrait of an elderly man hangs on a flowered wall paper. Reflected in the glass is the artist, his easel and a window to the right.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.07
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.08
Description
Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Two Indians
Date
1977
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
19.7;21.0 x 12.3;14.2 cm
Description
Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.
Subject
figure
male
group
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.08
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