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- Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian) 43
- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 22
- Patricia Askren (1951 – , American) 14
- Unknown 10
- George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian) 4
- Brian Joseph Grandbois 3
- Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian) 2
- Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British) 2
- Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian) 2
- Joe Williams 2
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian) 1
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
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- Title
- Amulet
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.9 x 2.0 x 4.6 cm
- Description
- Flat back carved face of cedar; details in eyes, broad nose, full mouth; geometric carving on forehead and ears; hollowed out opening at top of head for cord passage; carved signature IS on back
- Subject
- portrait
- abstract
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.06.06
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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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Bears and Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.01
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop …
1 image
- Title
- Bears and Woman
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
- Subject
- animal
- bear
- figure
- female
- mythological
- transformation
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PiA.04.01
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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
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.66
- Description
- Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Man
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 2.8 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.66
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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EsK.04.02
- Description
- The bottom two thirds of the print is white with an interconnecting web of straight lines throughout. Above this light section are two low tent shaped images with a gray shadow. The top third is a combination of straight and crossed lines and shapes differing in colours ranging from dark blue and g…
1 image
- Title
- Boreas
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- The bottom two thirds of the print is white with an interconnecting web of straight lines throughout. Above this light section are two low tent shaped images with a gray shadow. The top third is a combination of straight and crossed lines and shapes differing in colours ranging from dark blue and gray to a maroon colour.
- Subject
- mythological
- Boreas
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- EsK.04.02
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Bringing Back a Lost Soul
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.01
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.01
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched. Vestiges of former drawing visible.
1 image
- Title
- Bringing Back a Lost Soul
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched. Vestiges of former drawing visible.
- Subject
- figure, group
- mythological
- Credit
- Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.01
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Bringing Back A Lost Soul
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsts.04.05
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.05
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched.
1 image
- Title
- Bringing Back A Lost Soul
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.6 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Central figure is kneeling, with the head of an ill man resting in his hands. Behind them are swirls of strange figures, their arms outstretched.
- Subject
- figure, group
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.04.05
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buddhist Icon
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
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But of all the creatures...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.11
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.11
- Description
- The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.
1 image
- Title
- But of all the creatures...
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The story - page 10:But of all the creatures I've run across, there is nothing so wonderful as a banquet. They all eat supper just about the same.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.11
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- felt marker on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.08
- Description
- One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc…
1 image
- Title
- Clouds
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- felt marker on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 45.6 cm
- Description
- One central large facial image (on top of which is an arm and smaller face) under which is a beak and eye of a bird, two hands and a third and final facial image below that in the shape of a C off centre to the viewer’s left bottom. Vestiges of former drawing showing through.Au verso: “CLOUDS” brhc encircled “35” topped by encircled “6”
- Subject
- face, human
- animal, bird
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StS.03.08
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The Cock and the Jewel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.02
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
1 image
- Title
- The Cock and the Jewel
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
- Subject
- animal
- chicken
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- StS.05.02
- Description
- General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to e…
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- Title
- The Contest
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 37.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to each side of the central image.Au verso: “THE CONTEST” tlhc “436” encircled, rhtc “K.6” (remaining number hidden by archival tape)brhc “12” encircled, below “30” encircled
- Credit
- Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- StS.05.02
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The creatures in Southern waters...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.04
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.04
- Description
- The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.
1 image
- Title
- The creatures in Southern waters...
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The story - page 3:The creatures in southern waters are known for their cleverness. Jacques Cousteau has found them invaluable.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.04
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Creatures must be careful...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.07
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.07
- Description
- The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.
1 image
- Title
- Creatures must be careful...
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The story - page 6:Creatures must be careful if it should happen to get dark up there, they lose their gravity and go coasting through the night.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.07
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Creatures [Title Page]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.01
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.01
- Description
- Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
1 image
- Title
- Creatures [Title Page]
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.4 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.01
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A Day at the Races
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.12
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.12
- Description
- This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed towar…
1 image
- Title
- A Day at the Races
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- This image has many people shaped figures with animal or bird type heads sitting on other animals or frogs that are racing each other. In the sky are flying fish in the shape of airplanes and it is raining from the clouds above. The race has started at the left side of the image and is headed toward the right.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.12
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The Dog and the Hare
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.01
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
1 image
- Title
- The Dog and the Hare
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
- Subject
- animal
- dog
- hare
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
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Eskimo Sea Dreams
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnep.04.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
1 image
- Title
- Eskimo Sea Dreams
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 60.5 cm
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
- Subject
- activity, hunting
- fishing
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
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- Title
- Face of Woman
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
- Subject
- mythological
- figure, woman
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
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