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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1014 a-c
- Description
- Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman wi…
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- Title
- Bust
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman with long hair and a demure smile. The bottom of this bust is marked “Hand Carved by Augustin Oberdmeryani” in bright pink.
- Subject
- crafts
- woodworking
- carving
- art
- artists
- Augustin Oberdmeryani
- Jimmy Simpson
- Billie Simpson
- Mary Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1014 a-c
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- Date
- 1920 – 1968
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1019
- Description
- Two small bowls, joined together by various animals, carved from pink and black stone.
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- Title
- Carving
- Date
- 1920 – 1968
- Material
- stone
- Description
- Two small bowls, joined together by various animals, carved from pink and black stone.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1019
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Animal Figurine
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1022
- Description
- Crudely carved horse with the features highlighted by burning the wood.
- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Crudely carved horse with the features highlighted by burning the wood.
- Subject
- crafts
- woodworking
- carving
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1022
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; feather; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3001
- Description
- Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; feather; metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 1.2 (g) x 77.5 (g) cm
- Description
- Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9 cm) with no markings.g) Long arrow with thick shaft (77.5 x 1.2 cm) and a serrated bone arrowhead attached with waxed thread. The shaft is marked with red at the fletching and the arrowhead.h) Arrow (69.0 x 0.7 cm) with the fletching feathers cut square. There are red bands around the shaft and at the fletching. There is a metal (copper?) band at the tip.DO NOT DISPLAY AS OF JULY 2013: Corleigh Powderface (Belton)
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3001
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Projectile Point
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3002 a-g
- Description
- Seven very similar handcarved triangular arrowheads with short shafts. Five have notches on the shaft. One side of each arrowhead is slightly convex, and the opposite is flat with a hollowed area along the length of the shaft and almost to the tip.
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- Title
- Projectile Point
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Seven very similar handcarved triangular arrowheads with short shafts. Five have notches on the shaft. One side of each arrowhead is slightly convex, and the opposite is flat with a hollowed area along the length of the shaft and almost to the tip.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3002 a-g
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
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- Title
- Bow
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 113.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hair; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3007 a,b
- Description
- Two clubs decorated with wood burning and feathers, fur and hair.a) Wood carved to look like a bird head from the top of the handle, with a bone beak inserted into the wood. The club has striped feathers and horse hair attached to the handle with sinew. Stripes and the bird’s eyes are burnt into …
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hair; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 39.0 (a); 52.0 (b) x 4.5 (a); 10.0 (b) x 12.0 (a); 12.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two clubs decorated with wood burning and feathers, fur and hair.a) Wood carved to look like a bird head from the top of the handle, with a bone beak inserted into the wood. The club has striped feathers and horse hair attached to the handle with sinew. Stripes and the bird’s eyes are burnt into the wood.b) Long straight handle with a hide strap at the end. The handle is decorated with burnt markings and has fur and hide attached. The club has a wood burl for a head. There are feathers attached to the burl and it is also has decorative burn marks.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3007 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; skin; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3008
- Description
- Very smooth cylindrical peeled wood handle covered with hide at one end and topped with an animal vertebrea and a hide tassel at the other. The vertebrea has been painted in areas and situated to resemble a big horn sheep.
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; skin; bone
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 8.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Very smooth cylindrical peeled wood handle covered with hide at one end and topped with an animal vertebrea and a hide tassel at the other. The vertebrea has been painted in areas and situated to resemble a big horn sheep.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3008
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; sinew; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3006
- Description
- Wooden handle with a right angle near the top. A metal blade is embedded in the wood and held in place with sinew, cloth and wire. A diamond pattern has been cut into the handle.
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; sinew; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Wooden handle with a right angle near the top. A metal blade is embedded in the wood and held in place with sinew, cloth and wire. A diamond pattern has been cut into the handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3006
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3012
- Description
- Scraper of peeled wood with shaped head and notch in handle near base. Serrated metal blade, from tape dispenser, held in place with thong. The handle is decorated with lines burnt into the wood.
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 8.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Scraper of peeled wood with shaped head and notch in handle near base. Serrated metal blade, from tape dispenser, held in place with thong. The handle is decorated with lines burnt into the wood.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3012
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3002
- Description
- Carved wooden black bear glued to a flat stone. The bear is standing on all fours and has two holes (one patched) in the rear left leg. The bear has been coloured with red and black. There are four glue spots on the bottom of the stone.
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- Title
- Sculpture
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; stone
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 8.4 x 8.6 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden black bear glued to a flat stone. The bear is standing on all fours and has two holes (one patched) in the rear left leg. The bear has been coloured with red and black. There are four glue spots on the bottom of the stone.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- woodwork
- animals, bears
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3002
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3003
- Description
- Two carved bears, with features drawn on with marker, attached to a piece of driftwood with dowels. The bottom of the driftwood has “N. ONeSPOT” written in ink.
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- Title
- Sculpture
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 16.5 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Two carved bears, with features drawn on with marker, attached to a piece of driftwood with dowels. The bottom of the driftwood has “N. ONeSPOT” written in ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3003
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3007
- Description
- Profile of seated person with feather glued to back of head. The name “Selfridge” is written in pen on the bottom. One side is flat, the other rounded.
- Title
- Carving
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; feather
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 2.5 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- Profile of seated person with feather glued to back of head. The name “Selfridge” is written in pen on the bottom. One side is flat, the other rounded.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Selfridge
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3007
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3008
- Description
- Carved wooden bison attached to a rough slice of wood (aspen?) with a dowel. The bison is light coloured wood with its features defined with wood burning (pyrography).
- Title
- Sculpture
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 12.2 x 10.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden bison attached to a rough slice of wood (aspen?) with a dowel. The bison is light coloured wood with its features defined with wood burning (pyrography).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals, bison
- crafts
- carving
- pyrography
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3008
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3007
- Description
- Female doll with a carved wooden anatomical body and the arms attached with nails. One arm is bent at the elbow and extended from the body. The body has been painted brown and the facial features also painted (black eyes and red lips). The doll has short yarn (wool?) beige hair with one small bra…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Female doll with a carved wooden anatomical body and the arms attached with nails. One arm is bent at the elbow and extended from the body. The body has been painted brown and the facial features also painted (black eyes and red lips). The doll has short yarn (wool?) beige hair with one small braid on each side of the face and the rest of the hair hanging free. The doll is wearing a fringed hide dress and headband, both glued in place. The headband is decorated with a zig-zag red line.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3007
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Calumet Fragment
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3046
- Description
- Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
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- Title
- Calumet Fragment
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 2.2 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- religious
- smoking
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3046
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Decorative Carving
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0302%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1957 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0302 a,b
- Description
- Two carved and painted wooden birds mounted on raw pieces of wood. One bird is a pileated woodpecker and the other is a flicker. Written on one end of the log the flicker is mounted on is “JOHN GERVERS KELOWNA, BC CANADA 1957 FLICKER” in black ink.
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- Title
- Decorative Carving
- Date
- 1957 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 12.4 x 5.9 x 21.7 cm
- Description
- Two carved and painted wooden birds mounted on raw pieces of wood. One bird is a pileated woodpecker and the other is a flicker. Written on one end of the log the flicker is mounted on is “JOHN GERVERS KELOWNA, BC CANADA 1957 FLICKER” in black ink.
- Subject
- carving
- decorative art
- birds
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0302 a,b
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Decorative Carving
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- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood; metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0303
- Description
- Carved and painted decorative wall hanging of a Scandinavian-styled house. There are two small figures - one male and one female (who is holding an umbrella) - mounted on a horizontal piece of wood that can swing in and out of openings in the front of the building. To the right of the figures is a …
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- Title
- Decorative Carving
- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood; metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 17.2 x 8.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Carved and painted decorative wall hanging of a Scandinavian-styled house. There are two small figures - one male and one female (who is holding an umbrella) - mounted on a horizontal piece of wood that can swing in and out of openings in the front of the building. To the right of the figures is a yellow-painted wall with a window in it and a short fence in front of it. The upper floor of the house has a balcony across it with three flowerpots and a pink and white polka-dotted cloth on the banister. Behind the banister is a blue door with red shutters. The roof is painted red and has a short chimney on the left-hand side and the back panel the house is mounted to is painted blue with a yellow trim and flowers throughout. On the back is a black and gold sticker reading “Sydney Reynolds LTD. VICTORIA B.C. DIRECT IMPORTERS” as well as “HAND CARVED” written in black ink, possibly by Morant.
- Subject
- carving
- home decoration
- wall hanging
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0303
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- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0304
- Description
- Carved wooden ship with “GARM” painted on the sides. The ship has two masts, a single central chimney stack, two green and white row boats, and a green, white, and yellow bridge. The main part of the ship is painted black and red.Stamped on the bottom is “Made in Denmark.”
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- Title
- Wood Carving
- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 3.8 x 19.4 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden ship with “GARM” painted on the sides. The ship has two masts, a single central chimney stack, two green and white row boats, and a green, white, and yellow bridge. The main part of the ship is painted black and red.Stamped on the bottom is “Made in Denmark.”
- Subject
- carving
- decorative carving
- ship
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0304
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Decorative Carving
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- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0305
- Description
- Decorative carved wooden fox and tree. Consist of two pieces of wood attached by wooden hinges so that the fox will move up and down in front of the tree, in which is a squirrel. “150” is written in pencil on the bottom.
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- Title
- Decorative Carving
- Date
- 1950 – 1969
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 13.1 x 2.0 x 16.8 cm
- Description
- Decorative carved wooden fox and tree. Consist of two pieces of wood attached by wooden hinges so that the fox will move up and down in front of the tree, in which is a squirrel. “150” is written in pencil on the bottom.
- Subject
- carving
- decorative carving
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0305
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