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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.24
Description
A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.7 x 18.0 cm
Description
A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.
Subject
figure
woman
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.24
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 11.4 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
Subject
figure
man
animal
dog
activity
cooking
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.21
Description
This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.0 x 12.2 cm
Description
This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
figure
people
winter
card
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.21
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.25
Description
This is scene of Mount Rundle painted from Vermilion Lake. There are willows in the foreground, the lake behind and the bank lined with evergreens. Mount Rundle is in the background under a light sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.8 x 13.5 cm
Description
This is scene of Mount Rundle painted from Vermilion Lake. There are willows in the foreground, the lake behind and the bank lined with evergreens. Mount Rundle is in the background under a light sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
figure
people
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.25
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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Battle of Cressy
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 28.5 cm
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
Subject
activity
war
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
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Untitled [Seated Japanese man]

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
sculpture
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.11
Description
Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Seated Japanese man]
Date
n.d.
Medium
sculpture
Dimensions
8.5 x 10.7 cm
Description
Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.
Subject
figure
male
Hotei
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.11
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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 18.5 cm
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.
Subject
figure
Japanese
Kabuki
landscape
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
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Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.65
Description
A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in th…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in the centre and to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
glacier
animal
horse
figure
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.65
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Untitled [Glacier and Horse]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.71
Description
A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Glacier and Horse]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while a horse stands behind the person. A brown area runs across the top of the glacier. A strip of blue sky is visible along the top of the image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
glacier
animal
horse
figure
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.71
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.46
Description
mottled green stone; 2 sided woman; stylized shape of woman; bare headed; one side hands in front, fingers against her body; other side, she has an ulu in her right hand; carved features, dug out eyes and mouth, both sides.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Two Sided Woman
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
15.3 x 12.5 cm
Description
mottled green stone; 2 sided woman; stylized shape of woman; bare headed; one side hands in front, fingers against her body; other side, she has an ulu in her right hand; carved features, dug out eyes and mouth, both sides.
Subject
figure
woman
two-sided
double-sided
ulu
inuk
face
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.46
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.49
Description
mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Man
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
8.8 x 4.8 cm
Description
mottled grey/green stone; man in parka in semi-kneeling position; right leg bent back, hands in front, palms down; carved features; left leg has a hole in centre bottom.
Subject
figure
male
parka
inukl
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.49
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
Subject
figure
male
female
activity
hunting
animal
caribou
fish
dog
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.44 a,b
Description
green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in ha…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Man with Fish
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
11.5 x 6.8 cm
Description
green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in hand and fish.
Subject
figure
male
animal
fish
activity
hunting
fishing;
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.44 a,b
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.80
Description
Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Woman and Baby
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone
Dimensions
11.0 x 5.6 cm
Description
Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
Subject
figure
female
child
baby
woman
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.80
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Dimensions
11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
Subject
figure
male
animal
polar bear
activity
hunting
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
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Sealskin Hunter and Bear

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.18
Description
A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a …
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Sealskin Hunter and Bear
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
Dimensions
20.5 cm
Description
A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a woven grass circle. The man has painted black features and a skin fringe hanging from the edges of his parka. The polar bear has painted features and an open mouth.
Subject
figure
male
animal
polar bear
activity
hunting
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.18
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Women and Children with Dogs

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the u…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Women and Children with Dogs
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
57.5 x 80.0 cm
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the upper section on the left are two dogs, in the center there is a male, female and a child. On the far right is a teepee. The middle section includes a couple of dogs and a female with a child on her back. The bottom section showes two more dogs on the left, a male figure in the center and a small animal on the far right is being attacked by four birds. All of the figures and most of the animals are made from skin cut out shapes and are stitched on and detailed with black, yellow, blue, red and a light pink fiber thread. The outside red border is made up of six pieces that are attached to create the full border.
Subject
figure
male
female
child
animals
dogs
birds
caribou
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
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Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.10
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smalle…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
50.0 x 78.9 cm
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smaller animal perhaps a dog. On the left side there is a figure on a sleigh being pulled by dogs. Beside the dog is another figure walking. Along the bottom of the left side there is a man, woman and a child looking at the fish that they caught with a spear. The upper left corner includes two caribou. All the figures and animals are made out of skin cut out shapes with the exception of one fish.
Subject
activity
fishing
hunting
figure
male
female
child
animal
fish
caribou
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.10
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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.
Subject
activity
hunting
figure
male
animal
polar bear
dog
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.08
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Two Men and Serving Maid

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1800
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.03
Description
Plaque on frame: Goya 1746 - 1828
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Two Men and Serving Maid
Date
c. 1800
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
18.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
Plaque on frame: Goya 1746 - 1828
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.03
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