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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

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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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Family Caribou Hunt

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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

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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.

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

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

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Ice Breakup on the Atlantic

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: weaving

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.042

Description: Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Ice Breakup on the Atlantic

Date: 1972

Medium: weaving

Dimensions: 35.2 x 31.7 cm

Description: Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.042

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John Brewster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: John Brewster

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

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Man

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.49

Description: mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Man

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 8.8 x 4.8 cm

Description: mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.

Subject: figure; male; parka; inukl

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.49

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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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The Miser

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910 – 1930

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.02

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Miser

Date: 1910 – 1930

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 21.5 x 17.5 cm

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.02

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Napoleon Premier

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1800

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.04

Description: A reproducing drawing of Napoleon. In a brown frame with a gold crown at the top and “N” at the bottom.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Napoleon Premier

Date: 1800

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 46.7 x 38.0 cm

Description: A reproducing drawing of Napoleon. In a brown frame with a gold crown at the top and “N” at the bottom.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.04

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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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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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Untitled [blanket]

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.035

Description: A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttl…

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [blanket]

Date: 1970

Dimensions: 109.0 x 210.0 cm

Description: A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.035

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Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.10

Description: A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smalle…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 50.0 x 78.9 cm

Description: A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smaller animal perhaps a dog. On the left side there is a figure on a sleigh being pulled by dogs. Beside the dog is another figure walking. Along the bottom of the left side there is a man, woman and a child looking at the fish that they caught with a spear. The upper left corner includes two caribou. All the figures and animals are made out of skin cut out shapes with the exception of one fish.

Subject: activity; fishing; hunting; figure; male; female; child; animal; fish; caribou

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.10

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Untitled [Jimmy Simpson]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1970

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.16

Description: Pastel portrait of Jimmy Simpson on pale green papaer. He wears a wide-brimmed, brown hat, yellow shirt, and blue tie.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Jimmy Simpson]

Date: 1970

Medium: pastel on paper

Description: Pastel portrait of Jimmy Simpson on pale green papaer. He wears a wide-brimmed, brown hat, yellow shirt, and blue tie.

Subject: portrait; male; Jimmy Simpson

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.16

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untitled (rug weaving sample)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: weaving

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.027 b

Description: A sample piece of rug techniques of two shades of green wool, with long fringed ends, on a linen warp.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: untitled (rug weaving sample)

Date: n.d.

Medium: weaving

Dimensions: 21.5 x 45.5 cm

Description: A sample piece of rug techniques of two shades of green wool, with long fringed ends, on a linen warp.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.027 b

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Untitled (sample)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: c. 1950

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.001 c

Description: A dark brown and off-white sample of crackle weave design.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (sample)

Date: c. 1950

Dimensions: 34.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: A dark brown and off-white sample of crackle weave design.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.001 c

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Untitled (sample)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: c. 1970

Medium: weaving

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.001 e

Description: A sample of weaving 2/8 with brown weft and beige/white warp separated by all beige/white (1.10cm) warp with a strand of royal blue running through and then beige/white warp and royal blue weft.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (sample)

Date: c. 1970

Medium: weaving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 36.0 cm

Description: A sample of weaving 2/8 with brown weft and beige/white warp separated by all beige/white (1.10cm) warp with a strand of royal blue running through and then beige/white warp and royal blue weft.