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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0202
- Description
- A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 6.2 x 8.6 cm
- Description
- A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box is somewhat roughly carved and finished.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0202
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Figure Carving
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1017
- Description
- Three-quarter view of a woman sitting on a flat surfaced block. The block is tapered down with 4 nails at the corners (probably used as a sign post). The bottom third has bark from the tree intact. The arms of the woman had long ago been broken off. A bent-over nail in back for hanging.
- Title
- Figure Carving
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 88.0 x 15.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Three-quarter view of a woman sitting on a flat surfaced block. The block is tapered down with 4 nails at the corners (probably used as a sign post). The bottom third has bark from the tree intact. The arms of the woman had long ago been broken off. A bent-over nail in back for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Brad White, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1017
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