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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 8.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part of it is sinew. The bag contains a piece of sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- figure
- papoose
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
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Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.01%20a-c
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.01 a-c
- Description
- (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust he…
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- Title
- Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36 x 25 cm
- Description
- (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust her kimono, which is patterned with fans (c) 36.8x25.2/35.523.6 kneeling female figure in dark blue flowing kimono looking over her right shoulder, folding what appears to be a bed quilt, artist's marks in the lower right hand corner, and calligraphy in the upper right hand corner (a)(b) and (c) are a triptych, and all have a light background of scattered flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.01 a-c
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Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle
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- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.04 a-c
- Description
- (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both …
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- Title
- Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 25 cm
- Description
- (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both are dressed in black kimonos and wearing tall conical black hats (c) 37.7 x 25.7/35.9 x 24.5 three ladies dressed in black kimonos with tall black hats are all holding long swords, and one has a paper lantern. Horses were brought to Japan from North China and Mongolia.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.04 a-c
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Untitled [Ceremony]
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- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.11 a-c
- Description
- This scene features a ceremony. The background and floor have no colour. The first panel has a screen depicting a tree in the tlc which reaches half way into the print. Three women sit on the right side of the screen, one moving into the second panel. A woman kneeling holding a bowl takes up th…
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- Title
- Untitled [Ceremony]
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 72.5 cm
- Description
- This scene features a ceremony. The background and floor have no colour. The first panel has a screen depicting a tree in the tlc which reaches half way into the print. Three women sit on the right side of the screen, one moving into the second panel. A woman kneeling holding a bowl takes up the second panel and a portion of the first. She kneels before a woman sitting in the third panel on a raised surface. Beside her sits, below the raised surface, another woman facing left. A screen is visible in the trc.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.11 a-c
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Boating Under Cherry Blossoms
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- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.12 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 6 woman on a boat. The boat emerges from the third panel behind a group of rocks. Coming from this group of rocks in the trc is a tree with white blossoms which hangs over the boat, and into the second panel. The boat stretches through the second panel and ends with a sharp…
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- Title
- Boating Under Cherry Blossoms
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- This triptych features 6 woman on a boat. The boat emerges from the third panel behind a group of rocks. Coming from this group of rocks in the trc is a tree with white blossoms which hangs over the boat, and into the second panel. The boat stretches through the second panel and ends with a sharp tip halfway into the first panel. The women are all in the second and third panels. 5 women are sitting under a covered top, and one woman is standing outside of this covered top with her hand on the ceiling, and her head turned to the left. The sky is uncoloured, and there are 2 birds flying in the first panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.12 a-c
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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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Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
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- Artist
- Yasuda Shodo
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ShY.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a hor…
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- Artist
- Yasuda Shodo
- Title
- Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a horse and one standing to the left of the horse make up the second panel, in the third panel a lone figure stands, facing the women in the second panel who’s heads are turned to the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ShY.04.01 a-c
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Boy with a Book
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- Date
- prior to 1988
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.04.01
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
- Title
- Boy with a Book
- Date
- prior to 1988
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Boy sitting cross legged facing out, wearing a plaid shirt dark pants, and boots holding a book in his lap which he is reading.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.04.01
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