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- Laurier Hunter 2
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 1
- Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian ) 1
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 1
- L. T. Fuller 1
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 1
- R. L. Hunter 1
- Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American) 1
- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 1
- Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American) 1
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…
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- Title
- Bear Dancer I
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0089 a-d
- Description
- A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame w…
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- Title
- Drawing
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame with glass. b) 30.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Ink drawing of two figures on the bank of a river. Man sitting outside of teepee at right, fire with rack of meat over top in centre, and another figure working on a hide stretched on a frame at left. “RL Hunter” in bottom right. In thin gold and black frame with glass. c) 27.0 cm x 38.0 cm. Ink and watercolour drawing of woman and young girl on black and white horse. Both figures are wearing buckskin dresses. Horse is walking through green field with red flowers. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre. In same gold frame as A .d) 23.0 cm x 28.0. cm. Ink drawing of two figures on horseback beside a diver. Front figure is leading a packhorse and back figure is dragging a wooden frame with large hide bundle on it. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre right. In black wooden frame with glass.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- drawing
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0089 a-d
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0097 a-c
- Description
- Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk …
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- Title
- Drawing
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk with head lifted standing in front of treed slopes with blue mountain in background.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- drawing
- landscape
- nature
- Indigenous
- Tsuut’ina
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0097 a-c
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Eskimo Child plus head study
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.03.05
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.05
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
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- Title
- Eskimo Child plus head study
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.05
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Family Caribou Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.07
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.07
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Hunter's Worries
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthlr.03.04
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Hunter's Worries
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
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Indians on Horseback
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthul.03.02
- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.02
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, red, brown on green. Left of centre standing in the grass is an man and his horse. The rider wears a green cloak, blue and red arm band, two blue feathers and a painted face. Beside him on the grund is a log. In the distance to the right are seven more horses and ride…
- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Title
- Indians on Horseback
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, red, brown on green. Left of centre standing in the grass is an man and his horse. The rider wears a green cloak, blue and red arm band, two blue feathers and a painted face. Beside him on the grund is a log. In the distance to the right are seven more horses and riders. In the distance, behind are gentle hills and white sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.02
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the bac…
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- Title
- Just Playing
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the background are a gentle range of hills.Au verso printed in pencil “JUST PLAYING”, rhtc “115” encircled, blhc “20” encircled with “25” on top
- Subject
- figures, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
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Polar Bear Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.08
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.08
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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiw.03.02
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.02
- Description
- A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …
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- Title
- Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.8 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.02
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Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo
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- Artist
- L. T. Fuller
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on skin
- Catalogue Number
- FuL.03.01
- Description
- General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong w…
- Artist
- L. T. Fuller
- Title
- Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on skin
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong wind blowing from the left.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Jack Fuller, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- FuL.03.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.12
- Description
- A rectangular wall hanging with a scene of caribou. Around the edges of the wall hanging is red fiber with green and light yellow stitch work in a criss cross pattern. From the lower left to the lower right is a line stitched in a mauve color fibre to represent the ground. Standing on the ground fa…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Two Caribou
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 42.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular wall hanging with a scene of caribou. Around the edges of the wall hanging is red fiber with green and light yellow stitch work in a criss cross pattern. From the lower left to the lower right is a line stitched in a mauve color fibre to represent the ground. Standing on the ground facing in from either side are two caribou with their heads up in the air. In the middle between the caribou is a smaller caribou looking down at the ground. Above all the caribou in the center sky is a goose. The caribou have blue hooves. On the top there are two blue hanging fibre loops. The face features are stitched in a fibre red colour and the goose is stitched in mauve, blue, red, and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.12
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.04
- Description
- Two men are sitting in front of a tepee. The one nearest is smoking a long pipe.
- Title
- Two Indians
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 13.7 cm
- Description
- Two men are sitting in front of a tepee. The one nearest is smoking a long pipe.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- group
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.04
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- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.01
- Description
- General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
- Artist
- Laurier Hunter
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- HuL.03.01
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite; pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.08
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite; pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.
- Subject
- Portrait
- child
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.08
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1976
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.12
- Description
- Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1976
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.
- Subject
- portrait
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.12
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.08
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.08
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- Date
- c. 1927
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.02
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1927
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 40.0 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.02
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Untitled [Wood Sculpture]
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- wood, oil paint
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.16.05
- Description
- Flat wood, bark on each side. At the top on the carved side of the wood is the head of an Indigenous man. Below is a drum. Behind are two crossed spears. Surrounding the drum and spears are various tools.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled [Wood Sculpture]
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- wood, oil paint
- Dimensions
- 46.8 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Flat wood, bark on each side. At the top on the carved side of the wood is the head of an Indigenous man. Below is a drum. Behind are two crossed spears. Surrounding the drum and spears are various tools.
- Subject
- culture
- Indigenous
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Marnie Huckvale, Delta, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.16.05
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