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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
StS.06.06
Description
Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Amulet
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
6.9 x 2.0 x 4.6 cm
Description
Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
Subject
portrait
abstract
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
StS.06.06
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Ancient Brave of the Blood Tribe

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Artist
George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American)
Date
prior to 1938
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
MiG.03.04
Description
A portrait from the shoulders up of a man wearing a fuzzy fir hat and a warm winter coat with hood. The man is looking directly at the viewer. Behind the man’s head is some heavy black shaded area created by the artist. The title is written on the lrc with the date: Alberta, 1938.
Artist
George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American)
Title
Ancient Brave of the Blood Tribe
Date
prior to 1938
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
56.0 x 40.5 cm
Description
A portrait from the shoulders up of a man wearing a fuzzy fir hat and a warm winter coat with hood. The man is looking directly at the viewer. Behind the man’s head is some heavy black shaded area created by the artist. The title is written on the lrc with the date: Alberta, 1938.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of C. Gardner Lane Jr., Scarborough, USA, 1996
Catalogue Number
MiG.03.04
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.10
Description
A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Bill Neish
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”
Subject
Bill Neish
portrait
warden
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.10
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Artist
Ebenezer William Peyto (1869 – 1943, Canadian)
Date
c. 1925
Catalogue Number
PyB.06.02
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Artist
Ebenezer William Peyto (1869 – 1943, Canadian)
Title
Burl Face
Date
c. 1925
Dimensions
55.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm
Subject
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PyB.06.02
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Artist
Etungat
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EtU.06.01
Description
Light green mottled stone. Portrait of a woman from the hips up, arms folded in front, parka hood off her head, face turned slightly upwards, long hair parted in the middle sweeps into two long braids that come together with an adornment. The stone has dark spots overall and light green shades th…
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Artist
Etungat
Title
Eskimo Half Woman
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
15.2 x 13.0 cm
Description
Light green mottled stone. Portrait of a woman from the hips up, arms folded in front, parka hood off her head, face turned slightly upwards, long hair parted in the middle sweeps into two long braids that come together with an adornment. The stone has dark spots overall and light green shades throughout.
Subject
portrait
female
parka
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EtU.06.01
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Heavy Shield- “To-so-ko-ya-wo-tan” Blackfoot Chief

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Artist
George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American)
Date
1938 – 1938
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
MiG.03.03
Description
A first nations male sits with his back against the left edge of the image with his arms resting on his thighs. In his hands he holds a pipe. This man is wearing a head band with a feather at the back. He is sitting in a chair, and wears beaded cuffs and has a small horse around his neck with ot…
Artist
George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American)
Title
Heavy Shield- “To-so-ko-ya-wo-tan” Blackfoot Chief
Date
1938 – 1938
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 41.0 cm
Description
A first nations male sits with his back against the left edge of the image with his arms resting on his thighs. In his hands he holds a pipe. This man is wearing a head band with a feather at the back. He is sitting in a chair, and wears beaded cuffs and has a small horse around his neck with other neck adornment. The image is black and white.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of C. Gardner Lane Jr., Scarborough, USA, 1996
Catalogue Number
MiG.03.03
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J.F. Kennedy 1917 - 1963

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Artist
Sonia de Grandmaison (1912 – 2000, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
on wood
Catalogue Number
DgS.16.01
Description
Portrait relief of John F. Kennedy.
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Artist
Sonia de Grandmaison (1912 – 2000, Canadian)
Title
J.F. Kennedy 1917 - 1963
Date
c. 1970
Medium
on wood
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm
Description
Portrait relief of John F. Kennedy.
Subject
portrait
male
John F. Kennedy
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DgS.16.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1910
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.348
Description
A side view of a woman in a dress and hat.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Mellora
Date
c. 1910
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 5.5 cm
Description
A side view of a woman in a dress and hat.
Subject
figure
study
portrait
Mellora Collings
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.348
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Melora
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25 x 18 cm
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
portrait
Mellora Collings
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
Medusa cement [self-setting]
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.02
Description
Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
The Pack Horse
Date
1931
Medium
Medusa cement [self-setting]
Dimensions
36.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he present the master cast to the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation. He presented 1 bronze to the Senior Citizen’s Home in Canmore; sold the others.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Raymond Haimila, Canmore, 1985
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.02
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
bronze
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.16
Description
A realistic rendering of a standing horse; haltered with rope hanging down to between his front legs; packed, diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar”
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Packhorse
Date
1978
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
27.3 x 12.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a standing horse; haltered with rope hanging down to between his front legs; packed, diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar”
Subject
animal
horse
packhorse
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.16
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.06
Description
A horse walks in full body profile across the centre of the image. A rock is in the bottom right of the corner. A pram is upside down on the back of the horse, with the wheels in the hair, and the handle facing towards the back of the horse. Written at the bottom right “IP 40.”
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Title
Packhorse with Pram
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 32.3 cm
Description
A horse walks in full body profile across the centre of the image. A rock is in the bottom right of the corner. A pram is upside down on the back of the horse, with the wheels in the hair, and the handle facing towards the back of the horse. Written at the bottom right “IP 40.”
Subject
horse
pram
Credit
Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.06
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.02
Description
A pencil sketch of the head of F.O. Pat Brewster. The face is detailed and shaded, the shirt and tie lightly sketched in. A 3/4 left profile. Signed James Agrell Smith 25-5-78. On back of picture in Pat Brewster's handwriting: Forrest Oliver 'Pat' Brewster Sept. 19, 1896 to -
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Pat Brewster
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.0 x 25.0 cm
Description
A pencil sketch of the head of F.O. Pat Brewster. The face is detailed and shaded, the shirt and tie lightly sketched in. A 3/4 left profile. Signed James Agrell Smith 25-5-78. On back of picture in Pat Brewster's handwriting: Forrest Oliver 'Pat' Brewster Sept. 19, 1896 to -
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.02
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.608
Description
A pencil drawing of the profile of the head and shoulders of a smiling man. He has a goatie beard and a tuff of hair on top of his head, with his collar popped up around his cheeks. The background is completely shaded in. Below and to the right of the drawing is written “Pierre”.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pierre
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
13.0 x 805 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of the profile of the head and shoulders of a smiling man. He has a goatie beard and a tuff of hair on top of his head, with his collar popped up around his cheeks. The background is completely shaded in. Below and to the right of the drawing is written “Pierre”.
Subject
portrait
Pierre
man
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.608
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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist
A.F. Cels
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
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Artist
A.F. Cels
Title
Portrait of Dr. Brett
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.6 x 15.5 cm
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
Subject
portrait
male
Dr. R. G. Brett
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.05
Description
A person in a ball cap sits in the foreground on a log, holding on to a branch. The lower body is nude, the upper body covered with a flowered blanket. In the background a person sits on horseback, holding a second horse. Foliage sits in the foreground. Rain is presented diagonally across the entir…
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Title
Potty Break
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22 x 24 cm
Description
A person in a ball cap sits in the foreground on a log, holding on to a branch. The lower body is nude, the upper body covered with a flowered blanket. In the background a person sits on horseback, holding a second horse. Foliage sits in the foreground. Rain is presented diagonally across the entirety of the image.
Subject
nude
horse
rain
Credit
Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.05
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Artist
Malcolm MacKenzie (1932 – , Canadian)
Date
1975 – 1975
Catalogue Number
MuM.11.01
Description
Bronze pack horse fully rigged, has a brand of left shoulder H; he stands on a solid base of bronze on which is etched T.R.C.R. 30 years and beside that 50; the assemblage is of various woods with a flat board as background and driftwood and bark as base and landscape; a rectangular piece of driftw…
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Artist
Malcolm MacKenzie (1932 – , Canadian)
Title
Ray Bagley Memorial
Date
1975 – 1975
Dimensions
52.0;13.0 x 11.0;5.0 x 35.0;14.0 cm
Description
Bronze pack horse fully rigged, has a brand of left shoulder H; he stands on a solid base of bronze on which is etched T.R.C.R. 30 years and beside that 50; the assemblage is of various woods with a flat board as background and driftwood and bark as base and landscape; a rectangular piece of driftwood is attached at the top with wire; a brass plate of this piece reads: In honour of Ray Bagley whose homespun philosophy enriched the lives of all who called him friend. Remembered by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; another brass plate is on the board: Time and stress will make or break Keep smiling though through tears. For it matters not the years you live But how you live the years Ray Bagley. Bronze by Malcolm MacKenzie. Assemblage by Bunny Robinson, Calgary.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, 1976
Catalogue Number
MuM.11.01
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Artist
Grace Daniels
Date
c. 1972
Medium
wood; glue; quills; sinew; paint
Catalogue Number
DaG.06.01
Description
Rearing horse with rider wearing a bison horn headdress, holding a spear with right hand. Spear has three quills. Rider and horse scorched and painted; G. Daniels painted on bottom. Grace Daniels is sister of Norman Onespot, who did other scorched wood carvings seen in CRW residence.
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Artist
Grace Daniels
Title
Rearing Horse
Date
c. 1972
Medium
wood; glue; quills; sinew; paint
Dimensions
29.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
Rearing horse with rider wearing a bison horn headdress, holding a spear with right hand. Spear has three quills. Rider and horse scorched and painted; G. Daniels painted on bottom. Grace Daniels is sister of Norman Onespot, who did other scorched wood carvings seen in CRW residence.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaG.06.01
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Artist
Mina Mannuk (1934 – , Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
MiN.06.01
Description
Three polished soapstone faces supported by swivel wood pegs set into flat, straight-sided base. Three faces swivel to create different profiles, hole through top of each head, possibly for amulet usage; E9.52 BI on base - (Belcher or Baffin Island?); Mine sticker on base plus Quest store sticker r…
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Artist
Mina Mannuk (1934 – , Canadian)
Title
Three Faces
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
7.0 x 7.5 x 9.5 cm
Description
Three polished soapstone faces supported by swivel wood pegs set into flat, straight-sided base. Three faces swivel to create different profiles, hole through top of each head, possibly for amulet usage; E9.52 BI on base - (Belcher or Baffin Island?); Mine sticker on base plus Quest store sticker removed.
Subject
mythological
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MiN.06.01
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
StS.06.04
Description
Elongated abstract mask with open mouth, cut out eyes painted with red mask; black feathers for hair; doeskin strap on top of head for suspension on wall; back of mask flat with hollowing where face has been carved.
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
16.5 x 4.0 x 6.3 cm
Description
Elongated abstract mask with open mouth, cut out eyes painted with red mask; black feathers for hair; doeskin strap on top of head for suspension on wall; back of mask flat with hollowing where face has been carved.
Subject
portrait
abstract
mythological
Sarain Stump
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
StS.06.04
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