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Big Horn Sheep
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.40
- Description
- A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Big Horn Sheep
- Date
- 1910
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- mountain sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.40
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.37
- Description
- A wooden scultpure of a bison.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buffalo
- Date
- 1910
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden scultpure of a bison.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.37
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indigenous Cemetery near North Bend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32366
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 44
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Sous-Fonds
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 44
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous people sun drying salmon on Fraser River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32367
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to unidentified Indigenous people sun drying salmon on the Fraser River
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 45
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Sous-Fonds
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 45
- GMD
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Indians Sun drying Salmon on Fraser River
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to unidentified Indigenous people sun drying salmon on the Fraser River
- Subject Access
- Discovery and exploration
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous person
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32364
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 3
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 42
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Sous-Fonds
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 42
- GMD
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Siwash Indian
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 3
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous person washing gold, N. Bend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32365
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 43
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Sous-Fonds
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 43
- GMD
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Indian washing gold, N. Bend
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 4
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Miser
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 17.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.02
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Mountain Sheep
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.38
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.38
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Mountain Sheep
- Date
- 1910
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- mountain sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.38
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Neolithic Age
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.7 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.
- Subject
- animal, buffalo
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
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Profile of a Young Girl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.03.02
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Profile of a Young Girl
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
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- Scope & Content
- Three Sisters Mountain and Canadian Pacific Railway line near Canmore
- Date Range
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6603 - PA - 9
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6603 - PA - 9
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm, mounted
- Scope & Content
- Three Sisters Mountain and Canadian Pacific Railway line near Canmore
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Unknown
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.10
- Description
- Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.11
- Description
- A still life of flowers.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- A still life of flowers.
- Subject
- still life
- botanical
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.11
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various…
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 2022.15 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2022.15
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 2022.15 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Album
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (81b&w photographs)
- Scope & Content
- 81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various businesses and unidentified people. Photographs are pasted in an album. Album is a suede souvenir album painted with Indigenous portrait on front, and Banff Alta engraved on the back cover.
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Bison
- Bow River Bridge
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Dimensions
- 48.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.24
- Description
- A ski jumper, dressed in knickers, sweater, hood, no gloves, is at the ready, knees slightly bent, arms outstretched; the skis have a flattened point. The skis are pointed downwards, center two thirds is on a sloped white base which is on a oval, painted wooden base. The wood is so painted to resem…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Dimensions
- 48.5 x 36.0 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- A ski jumper, dressed in knickers, sweater, hood, no gloves, is at the ready, knees slightly bent, arms outstretched; the skis have a flattened point. The skis are pointed downwards, center two thirds is on a sloped white base which is on a oval, painted wooden base. The wood is so painted to resemble mahogany perhaps. The metal analysis was provided by Olive (Mrs. Charles) Bell.
- Subject
- figure, female
- activity, skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.24
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Untitled (Dogsled, team, driver)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.122 a-g
- Description
- a) Driver: Carved in ivory. 5.2 cm high. Broken right foot and left hand, no repairs. Face is incised and stained.b) Sled: 11.4 x 4.5 cm. Sled composed of ivory and string? The runners are drilled through to take threads which are tied around cross boards. Dogs: Average length is 4.5 cm, four in iv…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Dogsled, team, driver)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ivory
- Description
- a) Driver: Carved in ivory. 5.2 cm high. Broken right foot and left hand, no repairs. Face is incised and stained.b) Sled: 11.4 x 4.5 cm. Sled composed of ivory and string? The runners are drilled through to take threads which are tied around cross boards. Dogs: Average length is 4.5 cm, four in ivory (c, d, f, g), one in steatite (e). Reins appear to be cotton string, harnesses may be hide. Faces detailed with incised mouths and nostrils, tail positions differ in each, eyes and ears are in various expressions. Some have defined toes, all are intact, no repairs. Stone dog is less detailed- perhaps a replacement of a lost ivory dog?
- Subject
- animal
- dog
- sled, driver
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.122 a-g
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Untitled (Goose)
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.112
- Description
- A goose with a long neck is carved from a taupe porous whalebone.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Goose)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 4 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- A goose with a long neck is carved from a taupe porous whalebone.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.112
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Untitled (Harpoon Head Bit)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.120
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1920
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.120
- Description
- A harboon head bit is carved with a wood or bone handle, with a central hole. Attached at the tip is a rusted metal point.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled (Harpoon Head Bit)
- Date
- c. 1920
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- A harboon head bit is carved with a wood or bone handle, with a central hole. Attached at the tip is a rusted metal point.
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.120
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