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Miniature Sculpture
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1800
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.12
- Description
- a miniature sculpture in the shape of a crab, made of brown metal.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Miniature Sculpture
- Date
- 1800
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- a miniature sculpture in the shape of a crab, made of brown metal.
- Subject
- animal, crab
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.12
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Napoleon Premier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.04
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.04
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- Date
- 1800 – 1800
- Material
- porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1234
- Description
- Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
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- Title
- Serving Dish
- Date
- 1800 – 1800
- Material
- porcelain
- Dimensions
- 1.2 cm
- Description
- Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
- Subject
- whyte home, miniature, small
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1234
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Embroidery Sampler
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- Date
- 1809 (attributed)
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1005
- Description
- Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet h…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1809 (attributed)
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet has letter Z followed by ampersand and a small c. Below final alphabet is "Susan Lehman Her Work Done in the Ninth Year" At bottom of embroidery is a line with various animals and birds with a tree in the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1005
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- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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- Title
- Marble Halls
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
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Untitled [Branch and Leaves]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactknk.03.02
- Artist
- Konishi Kinkyo
- Date
- 1880 – 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KnK.03.02
- Description
- This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.
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- Artist
- Konishi Kinkyo
- Title
- Untitled [Branch and Leaves]
- Date
- 1880 – 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KnK.03.02
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Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiy.04.04
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.04
- Description
- winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance
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- Title
- Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance
- Subject
- landscape
- figure ;group
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.04
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
- Subject
- Stoney Nakoda
- beadwork
- crafts
- decorative
- indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0371
- Description
- Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0371
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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Title
- Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32 x 35 cm
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
- Subject
- botanical
- willow branches
- landscape
- moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
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- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOU…
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- Title
- Buffalo Dung
- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Dimensions
- 24.0 (frame 34.0) x 20.0 (frame 29.0) cm
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOUT 30 MILES S-E OF RED DEER - ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1881 - PRESERVED BY THE KINDNESS OF THE ABERHART GOVERNMENT”. Signed in pencil in script “Pat Lawrence P-L Ranches Red Deer”. On viewer’s left there is a white rectangular paper sticker with a red border, above this printed in pen “CERTIFIED GENUINE” and written on the paper, extending onto the wood, a signature in pen ESMeaueug?? underlined.
- Subject
- plants
- feces
- buffalo
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
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Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiy.04.05
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.05
- Description
- two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
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- Title
- Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.7 x 36.6 cm
- Description
- two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.05
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- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda Rouse.
- Subject
- sports
- snowshoeing
- Silver City
- Joe Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
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Japanese Woman and Child
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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- Title
- Japanese Woman and Child
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.1 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
- Subject
- farmyard
- Mount Fujijama
- buildings
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
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Tennoji Shimoi - River
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.01
- Description
- night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water
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- Title
- Tennoji Shimoi - River
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 36.1 cm
- Description
- night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- figure
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.01
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Night Rain at Yanagihara
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.03
- Description
- dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
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- Title
- Night Rain at Yanagihara
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 36.6 cm
- Description
- dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.03
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Title
- Ink Leaves
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
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- Date
- 1883
- Material
- metal; wood; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1021
- Description
- Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and se…
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- Title
- Track Section
- Date
- 1883
- Material
- metal; wood; plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 81.5 cm
- Description
- Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and securely mounted. Cast into side of rail is"CPR.Steel.Krupp.1883.". Rail has been cleaned but shows definite signs of usewith heavy gouge lines along one edge of top and pitting on the sides, theboard is lined with green felt underneath.
- Credit
- Gift of Canadian Pacific Hotels, Calgary, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1021
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible …
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Title
- Magnolia
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible on the flower closest to the left. The buds are painted with a mid-tone of brown.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
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