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Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.297
- Description
- Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre …
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- Title
- Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre blended into the vest help separate it from the background.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.297
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Lizzie Irquasiak, Samisa's Daughter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.298
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.298
- Description
- Facial portrait of a young woman under the hood of her parka. The woman is gazing at the viewer surrounded by the fur trim of her jacket's hood. The woman's face is coloured red-brown with tints of brown and red blended in. She also has short black hair. The fur trim of her hood is coloured light …
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- Title
- Lizzie Irquasiak, Samisa's Daughter
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a young woman under the hood of her parka. The woman is gazing at the viewer surrounded by the fur trim of her jacket's hood. The woman's face is coloured red-brown with tints of brown and red blended in. She also has short black hair. The fur trim of her hood is coloured light tan with highlights of white, and shadows of ochre and brown, or blue. The woman is wearing a light blue shirt under her jacket.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.298
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Joseph Amarualik
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.299
- Description
- Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is bl…
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- Title
- Joseph Amarualik
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is black and brown. The man's fur collar is coloured light tan with touches of ochre. The collar has white and yellow highlights, and shadows of brown and grey-brown. The background is light grey-tan.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.299
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.296
- Description
- Facial portrait of a woman in a fur parka with the hood down. The firgure's head is visible in a sea of fur. The dark brown trim of the hood of the woman's jacket forms a circle which sits in front of and behind her head. Light tan fur with areas in grey shadow separates the woman's head from the r…
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- Title
- Nanook's Wife
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Facial portrait of a woman in a fur parka with the hood down. The firgure's head is visible in a sea of fur. The dark brown trim of the hood of the woman's jacket forms a circle which sits in front of and behind her head. Light tan fur with areas in grey shadow separates the woman's head from the ring of dark brown. The woman's face is coloured red-brown with tints of orange and pink blended in. The woman is smiling. She has short hair (coloured brown, black and grey) which forms a thin semicircle about her head.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.296
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Chief Sitting Bull
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- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.02.03
- Description
- Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Title
- Chief Sitting Bull
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.02.03
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
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