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Guide des Alpes Valaisannes : Volume II : du Col Collon au Col de Theodule.

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1947

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Edition: 3rd ed

Call Number: DQ827 G8 II 1947

Edition: 3rd ed

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: 437 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks

Call Number: DQ827 G8 II 1947

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Guide des Alpes Vaudoises : des Dents de Morcles au Sanetsch

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1946

Publisher: Lucerne : C.A.S

Call Number: DQ827 G83

Responsibility: publie pour le Club Alpin Suisse Club

Publisher: Lucerne : C.A.S

Published Date: 1946

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks

Call Number: DQ827 G83

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Himalayan climb : expedition tops six peaks never before explored

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1947

Publisher: New York : Life

Call Number: DS485 H6 L5 Pam Oversize C

Publisher: New York : Life

Published Date: 1947

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Swiss Himalayan expedition (1947)

Notes: In Life magazine, vol.23, no.24, December 15, 1947

Call Number: DS485 H6 L5 Pam Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Massif du Mont Blanc; photos. de Georges Tairraz, pref. de R. Frison-Roche

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1947

Publisher: Paris : Challamel

Call Number: DQ841 M7 M37

Publisher: Paris : Challamel

Published Date: 1947

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DQ841 M7 M37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Scottish Mountaineering Club guide : Island of Skye

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1948

Publisher: Edinburgh : Scottish Mountaineering Club

Edition: 2d ed rev

Call Number: DA880 S6 S35 1948

Edition: 2d ed rev

Publisher: Edinburgh : Scottish Mountaineering Club

Published Date: 1948

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skye (Hebrides)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DA880 S6 S35 1948

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Mountains and mountaineering : a list of writings (1917-1947) of J. Monroe Thorington

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1947

Call Number: ZG510 T46 1947 Pam

Published Date: 1947

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: AC526

Call Number: ZG510 T46 1947 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Victory Eagle

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Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Date: 1942

Medium: linocut on paper

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.01

Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Title: Victory Eagle

Date: 1942

Medium: linocut on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 9.0 cm

Subject: animal, bird; eagle

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.01

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Robin

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Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Date: 1945

Medium: linocut on paper

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.02

Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Title: Robin

Date: 1945

Medium: linocut on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 9.0 cm

Subject: animal, bird; robin

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.02

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One Caribou Swimming

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.01

Description: Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Title: One Caribou Swimming

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 2.9 x 12.7 cm

Description: Grey green mottled stone, flat bottomed swimming caribou, head extended, tail up, features defined, eyes and nostrils are holes, mouth carved, 2 holes for antlers, 2 bone antlers, carved.

Subject: animal; caribou; elk; swimming

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.02 a,b

Description: A bird sits on top of a bear, looking off to the left. (a) The bird 5.0 high is nicely carved, wings, eyes and beak defined. A hole in flat bottom has a peg to stabalize it to the bear. (b) The bear 3.8 x 7.8 x 3.8 is lying down. Ears, nose and mouth, eyes carved, tail is also carved. A hole …

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1962

Description: A bird sits on top of a bear, looking off to the left. (a) The bird 5.0 high is nicely carved, wings, eyes and beak defined. A hole in flat bottom has a peg to stabalize it to the bear. (b) The bear 3.8 x 7.8 x 3.8 is lying down. Ears, nose and mouth, eyes carved, tail is also carved. A hole is drilled into centre back.

Subject: animal; bear; bird; group; pair

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.02 a,b

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Bird

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.03

Description: A swimming bird with head up, flat bottom. Wings carved into side and tail feathers indicated. Eyes and beak carved.

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Artist: Aalook (1938 – , Canadian)

Title: Bird

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 4.8 x 2.5 cm

Description: A swimming bird with head up, flat bottom. Wings carved into side and tail feathers indicated. Eyes and beak carved.

Subject: animal; bird

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AaL.06.03

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Animal Sculpture

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Artist: Abba

Date: c. 1952

Catalogue Number: AbA.06.01

Description: A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.

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Artist: Abba

Title: Animal Sculpture

Date: c. 1952

Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm

Description: A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.

Subject: animal; walrus; seal; aquatic

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: AbA.06.01

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Fish

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Artist: Abraham Nastapoka (1900 – 1981, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AbR.06.02

Description: Multi-coloured stone, grey/green with yellow and orange throughout, carved large mouth and fins, incised eyes and features on fins and gills.

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Artist: Abraham Nastapoka (1900 – 1981, Canadian)

Title: Fish

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 7.0 x 11.5 cm

Description: Multi-coloured stone, grey/green with yellow and orange throughout, carved large mouth and fins, incised eyes and features on fins and gills.

Subject: aquatic; fish

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AbR.06.02

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Otter

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Artist: Adamie Niviaxie (1925 – , Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AdA.06.01

Description: The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smoot…

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Artist: Adamie Niviaxie (1925 – , Canadian)

Title: Otter

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 3.5 x 3.9 x 16.1 cm

Description: The stone color used here is green with black specks. The otter stands on all four of his short legs with his head up and tail outstretched. The face features and front toes are carved in great detail and inlaid with a white substance. The body of the otter is long, slender and finshed with a smooth surface.

Subject: animal; otter; aquatic

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AdA.06.01

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Bird

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Artist: Agiak

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AgI.06.01

Description: dark green stone; bird silhouette; stylized profile of a bird; sitting facing to the right; faint circle for an eye; deep cut arch for wing; sculpture is flat one side and at the feet.

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Artist: Agiak

Title: Bird

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.7 cm

Description: dark green stone; bird silhouette; stylized profile of a bird; sitting facing to the right; faint circle for an eye; deep cut arch for wing; sculpture is flat one side and at the feet.

Subject: animal; bird

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AgI.06.01

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Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

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Artist: Al Mettel

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

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Artist: Al Mettel

Title: Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

Subject: architecture; urban; religious

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

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Street in Sidi Bon Said

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Artist: Al Mettel

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.02

Description: An urban street scene with tower in background.

Artist: Al Mettel

Title: Street in Sidi Bon Said

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: An urban street scene with tower in background.

Subject: architecture; urban; Al Mettel

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.02

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Large seal

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Artist: Alasuak

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: AlA.06.01

Description: A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base…

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Artist: Alasuak

Title: Large seal

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 17.0 x 18.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: A very large seal carved from a medium gray stone leans on his side with one flipper upward. The seal's head has detailed carving for the mouth and eye areas. Wisker detail has been incised in to the face . The seal sits on a larger base that is attached and carved out of the same stone.On the base of the sculpture, there is a carved inscription that reads “ ALASUAK 261121”