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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 42
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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 8
- John Lefthand Jr. 4
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 4
- Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta) 3
- Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian) 3
- Blake 2
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 2
- Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian) 2
- Crawler, Hector 2
- Dorothy Marie Oxborough (1922 – 2014, Canadian) 2
Essays on the historical geography of the Canadian West : regional perspectives on the settlement process
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5971
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Calgary : Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary
- Call Number
- 08.2 Es7
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- Responsibility
- edited by L.A. Rosenvall, S.M. Evans
- Publisher
- Calgary : Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 195p. : ill., maps, plans
- Subjects
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- Partial contents: The Canmore corridor, 1880-1914 / John D.R Holmes; Photography, tourism and the C.P.R. / Margery Tanner Hadley; The past in the present : spatial and land use change on two Indian reserves / Claudia Notzke
- Accession Number
- 5444
- Call Number
- 08.2 Es7
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Sarcee Indians of Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4978
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Jenness, Diamond
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
- King's Printer
- Call Number
- 07.2 J43sa
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- Author
- Jenness, Diamond
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
- King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1938
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Indigenous
- Tsuut'ina
- Accession Number
- 223
- Call Number
- 07.2 J43sa
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.01.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
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- Title
- Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 35.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.01.01
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be se…
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- Title
- Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 79.7 x 84.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be seen. The rocky cliffs rise out of the water on the right side. In the background in the upper left are trees and hills on the far shore.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- PeG.02.01
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Portrait of Paul Amos
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- ScT.02.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
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- Title
- Portrait of Paul Amos
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 29.8 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScT.02.01
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the bac…
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- Title
- Just Playing
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the background are a gentle range of hills.Au verso printed in pencil “JUST PLAYING”, rhtc “115” encircled, blhc “20” encircled with “25” on top
- Subject
- figures, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.04
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- Date
- 1932 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.004
- Description
- Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
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- Title
- Seven Teepees
- Date
- 1932 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 152.5 cm
- Description
- Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.004
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Chief Hector Crawler
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.017
- Description
- Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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- Title
- Chief Hector Crawler
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.017
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mrs. Tom Simeon
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.025
- Description
- Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Simeon
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75 x 62 cm
- Description
- Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Cinderella Simeon
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.025
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.022
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.022
- Description
- Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.3 x 63.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.022
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- Date
- 1930 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.023
- Description
- Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
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- Title
- Paul Francis
- Date
- 1930 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 63 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.023
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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- Title
- George McLean
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 51 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
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Stoney Camp at Dusk
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.019
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills a…
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- Title
- Stoney Camp at Dusk
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 160.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills and mountains and blue sky which becomes dark grey with yellow streaks. Smoke can be seen coming out of the top flaps.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.019
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On the Way to Indian Days
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- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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- Title
- On the Way to Indian Days
- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51.1 x 150.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
- Subject
- landscape
- figure
- group
- transportation
- animal
- horse
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
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- Artist
- Blake
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- BlK.06.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a woman's head and neck; hair parted in centre with braids coming together in front; left earring; necklace; a plaster of paris casting painted brown; flat back has a metal wire loop near top for hanging; is a pair with B1.06.02.
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- Artist
- Blake
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 7.0 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a woman's head and neck; hair parted in centre with braids coming together in front; left earring; necklace; a plaster of paris casting painted brown; flat back has a metal wire loop near top for hanging; is a pair with B1.06.02.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- BlK.06.01
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Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
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- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.02
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the…
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- Title
- Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
- Subject
- animal, horse
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.02
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Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
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- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.03
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to …
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- Title
- Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant.
- Subject
- animal, bull
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.03
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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
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- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.02
- Description
- A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …
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- Title
- Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.8 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.02
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- McP.02.01
- Description
- Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, t…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, the portrait is very close cropped to the outer edges. Linen mat, gold coloured frame with a small brass plate centered Pegi Nicol MacLeod 1904 - 1949.
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Christopher Varley, Toronto, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- McP.02.01
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1112 a,b
- Description
- One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Cree
- Bertha Oliver
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Gwen Barker, Banff, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1112 a,b
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