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- Date
- 1915 – 1933
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0014 a,b
- Description
- A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long…
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- Title
- Group Figurine
- Date
- 1915 – 1933
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 11.5; 1.2 (base) x 4.2; 6.3 (base) x 4.3; 10.5 (base) cm
- Description
- A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long robe with a basket near its feet. The base, a completely separate low oval brown wooden stand (b), that the figurine rests on is carved with as much careful detail as the whole.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0014 a,b
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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