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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist
A.F. Cels
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
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Artist
A.F. Cels
Title
Portrait of Dr. Brett
Date
1907
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.6 x 15.5 cm
Description
General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.
Subject
portrait
male
Dr. R. G. Brett
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
CeA.03.01
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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Mountain 1908
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountai…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.2 x 81.4 cm
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountains behind them. Small clouds drift across the sky.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
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Mount Temple with Bird

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Artist
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 – 1927, American)
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FeL.05.01
Description
Colour: brown, blue, grey. A bird perched on a rock, surrounded by wild flowers, fills the lower two thirds foreground. Behind are distant mountains and blue sky. The bird is a Grey Crown Rosy Finch
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Artist
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 – 1927, American)
Title
Mount Temple with Bird
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 24.9 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, grey. A bird perched on a rock, surrounded by wild flowers, fills the lower two thirds foreground. Behind are distant mountains and blue sky. The bird is a Grey Crown Rosy Finch
Subject
bird
Grey Crown Rosy Finch
Credit
Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981
Catalogue Number
FeL.05.01
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Artist
Charles L Gibbs
Date
1903
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GiC.09.01
Description
Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Swit…
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Artist
Charles L Gibbs
Title
Sketchbook
Date
1903
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16.8 x 24.1 cm
Description
Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Front interior cover contains an inscription, which reads: Service held every year by British colny(?) at Brussels / Mr Brown gives ? ? every ? of June “ Back interior binding has “JL” written in pencil.
Subject
architecture
urban
rural
landscape
Europe
Germany
Italy
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
GiC.09.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Glacier
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 30.4 cm
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
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Artist
Katherine Longstaff Wedgwood
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WeK.05.01
Description
Camping scene of tents in forested area at 40 Mile Creek near Cascade Mountain. Smoke from fire on left of image.
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Artist
Katherine Longstaff Wedgwood
Title
Untitled
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22 x 30.4 cm
Description
Camping scene of tents in forested area at 40 Mile Creek near Cascade Mountain. Smoke from fire on left of image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
40 Mile Creek
forest
Activity
camping
Credit
Gift of Bobby Hunter, 1973
Catalogue Number
WeK.05.01
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Artist
Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
PaR.04.01
Description
General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.
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Artist
Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Hunters
Date
1909
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
55.1 x 75.6 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.
Subject
figure, male, animal, walrus
bear
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
PaR.04.01
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Artist
N. A. Welby
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WeN.09.01
Artist
N. A. Welby
Title
Sketch Book
Date
1909
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 17.0 cm
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
WeN.09.01
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Artist
C. H. Wood
Date
1901
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WoC.02.01
Description
Colour: brown. Heads and forepaws of two lions - male and female, lying on straw.
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Artist
C. H. Wood
Title
Pair of Lions
Date
1901
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.2 x 72.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown. Heads and forepaws of two lions - male and female, lying on straw.
Subject
Bill Peyto
animal
lion
Credit
Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
Catalogue Number
WoC.02.01
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Artist
Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)
Date
1996
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
IsS.04.01
Description
In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from …
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Artist
Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)
Title
The New World
Date
1996
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
57.0 x 76.5 cm
Description
In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from the front view. The images in the back can be seen threw the larger images in the foreground. In the cc the word Kripak is written in a pale light brown color.
Subject
figure
group
male
historical
internment camp
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from Sophia Isajiw, Turlock, USA, 1996
Catalogue Number
IsS.04.01
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Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain

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Artist
Paul Wong (1956 – , Canadian)
Date
1992
Medium
audio visual recording on VHS video tape
Catalogue Number
WoP.25.01
Description
Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher…
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Artist
Paul Wong (1956 – , Canadian)
Title
Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
Date
1992
Medium
audio visual recording on VHS video tape
Dimensions
20.2 x 12.0 cm
Description
Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher, 1954 - 1978 and Paul Speed, 1967 - 1991. These people are brought together through death and the communal act of remembering. Paul Wong, Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
Subject
religious
spiritual
rituals
beliefs
Credit
Purchased from Video Out, Vancouver, 1996
Catalogue Number
WoP.25.01
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Date
1900 – 1925
Material
glass; fibre; paper
Catalogue Number
103.05.1064
Description
Child's beaded and lined vest, glass tube beads in netting style cover entire back in rows of blue, brown and yellow, lining on back is red/black wool plaid, front of vest canvas with paper lining, solidly covered with tube beads, silver/grey background with light blue, dark blue and yellow design …
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Title
Beaded Vest
Date
1900 – 1925
Material
glass; fibre; paper
Dimensions
39.5 x 28.5 cm
Description
Child's beaded and lined vest, glass tube beads in netting style cover entire back in rows of blue, brown and yellow, lining on back is red/black wool plaid, front of vest canvas with paper lining, solidly covered with tube beads, silver/grey background with light blue, dark blue and yellow design in stacked diamond, long tube beads looped from edges of vest to hang as a fringe, blue accents in front, yellow at back.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
souvenirs
Deer Lodge
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
103.05.1064
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Date
1900 – 1910
Material
fibre; glass; shells
Catalogue Number
103.05.1065
Description
Basket beads and cowrie shell decorated woman's blouse, light cotton blouse lined with "Ogilvie Flour" cotton, decorated front and back with tube beads in rows, netting style, front colours: green, dark blue,light blue, red, white, back colours: green, white, light blue, little dark blue, bottom ro…
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Title
Beaded Blouse
Date
1900 – 1910
Material
fibre; glass; shells
Dimensions
95.0 x 55.0 cm
Description
Basket beads and cowrie shell decorated woman's blouse, light cotton blouse lined with "Ogilvie Flour" cotton, decorated front and back with tube beads in rows, netting style, front colours: green, dark blue,light blue, red, white, back colours: green, white, light blue, little dark blue, bottom row front and back cowrie shells.
Subject
Indigenous, Kootenay
Tobacco Plains Reserve
regalia
Ktunaxa
Credit
Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1065
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Date
1905 – 1920
Material
skin: fibre; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.05.1069
Description
Simple buckskin vest, lined, bead decoration on front, 4 piece construction, fully lined with light green cotton, 3 slit pockets, 2 on left, 2 bead flower designs each pocket, 4 metal buttons 1.5 diameter"Canada" and crown design, buckskin slit for buttonholes, long stem with flowers and leaves bea…
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Title
Beaded Vest
Date
1905 – 1920
Material
skin: fibre; glass; metal
Dimensions
50.0 x 53.0 cm
Description
Simple buckskin vest, lined, bead decoration on front, 4 piece construction, fully lined with light green cotton, 3 slit pockets, 2 on left, 2 bead flower designs each pocket, 4 metal buttons 1.5 diameter"Canada" and crown design, buckskin slit for buttonholes, long stem with flowers and leaves bead design each side of opening, 1 row of same bead design across back at shoulders, attached half belt with 2 buttons at back waist.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Deer Lodge
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
103.05.1069
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.1054 a,b
Description
Pair smoked gloves, floral beaded pattern on gauntlets, machine sewn, plain glove, gauntlet lined with canvas, 2 flower design, red and white tulip-like flower, red stems, green leaves, fringe sewn on side of gauntlet 11.0 long, many torn off short.
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
20.0 x 38.5 cm
Description
Pair smoked gloves, floral beaded pattern on gauntlets, machine sewn, plain glove, gauntlet lined with canvas, 2 flower design, red and white tulip-like flower, red stems, green leaves, fringe sewn on side of gauntlet 11.0 long, many torn off short.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
Deer Lodge
clothing
souvenirs; regalia
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
103.07.1054 a,b
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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood; bone; horn; glass; feathers; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.1037 a-d
Description
Bead wrapped wooden sticks with bone and/or horn points (a) wooden circle 7.0 dia. on end, wrapped with green and mauve beads. 2 groups of feathers hang from circle. 3 golden eagle tail and 3 hawk wingfeathers, shaft wrapped with cotton, beads attached. Bands of green, maroon and mauve. Double bar…
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Title
Dancing Sticks
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood; bone; horn; glass; feathers; fibre; skin
Description
Bead wrapped wooden sticks with bone and/or horn points (a) wooden circle 7.0 dia. on end, wrapped with green and mauve beads. 2 groups of feathers hang from circle. 3 golden eagle tail and 3 hawk wingfeathers, shaft wrapped with cotton, beads attached. Bands of green, maroon and mauve. Double barbed point 29.3 long is bone (b) 5.5 at base tapers to 2.3 at top. Completely cloth covered, bottom half rows of beads, blue, maroon, yellow. Double barbed point 25.0 long is bone, top has 2 bovine horns, points 16.0 apart, nailed onto shaft. 2 strips of hide ca 3.0 wide over top and around base join (c) forked willow stick, cloth wrapped, beads in bands of blue, yellow,red. 1/5 of beads missing. Short buckskin fringe at bottom of fork and at join of point. Point is 17.0 long antler carved at end for sharper point, gouge each side, fork painted yellow, blue, red. (d) forked willow stick, similar to (c)except more beads missing, fork complete, point missing.
Subject
Indigenous
lore
ceremonial
Deer Lodge
souvenirs
sacred
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
109.02.1037 a-d
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.03.1043
Description
Baby's high top moccasin, one piece construction with added ankle flap, long buckskin thong, vamp has light blue and dark blue beads in a four leaf clover design, 2 short rows of red beads on 3 of the leaves.
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Title
Beaded Moccasin
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
10.0 x 6.5 x 13.6 cm
Description
Baby's high top moccasin, one piece construction with added ankle flap, long buckskin thong, vamp has light blue and dark blue beads in a four leaf clover design, 2 short rows of red beads on 3 of the leaves.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.03.1043
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
109.02.1034
Description
Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and gr…
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Title
Calumet Bag
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
19.0 x 75.0 cm
Description
Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and green, other side red, mauve, blue flower, yellow bud. Top of bag buckskin has blue beads on side edges, red on top scalloped edge. One thong looped thought 2 holes near top. [Typical transitional floral patterns with a wide selection of beads, ie. 1870-1920, interesting rectangular pattern on back. Al McClelland 1997]
Subject
Indigenous, Blackfoot
beadwork
Mary Schaffer
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
109.02.1034
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.1035 a,b
Description
2 bands of 3 colour stripes on white ground, bands ca 4.0 wide with blue on edges, red then green centres running from side to side, white background, 3 edges trimmed with red wool. (a) 31.2x16.6 tapers slightly to 29.5 (b) 31.7x17.0
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Title
Beaded Cuffs
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
glass; fibre
Description
2 bands of 3 colour stripes on white ground, bands ca 4.0 wide with blue on edges, red then green centres running from side to side, white background, 3 edges trimmed with red wool. (a) 31.2x16.6 tapers slightly to 29.5 (b) 31.7x17.0
Subject
Indigenous
clothing
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.07.1035 a,b
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