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Bird Group in Caribou Antler
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
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- Unknown
- Title
- Bird Group in Caribou Antler
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
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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.
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- 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
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Black Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
- Subject
- bear
- black bear
- teeth
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
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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.
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- 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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Narwhal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 1.6 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
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Bowl of Fire (Gros Morne, NL)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.51
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- watercolour on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.51
- Description
- The foreground is a green rolling hill, behind which is a orange long mountain with the rays of a sun rising over the right side. The sky is a shade of yellow.
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- Title
- Bowl of Fire (Gros Morne, NL)
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- watercolour on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 28.3 x 76 cm
- Description
- The foreground is a green rolling hill, behind which is a orange long mountain with the rays of a sun rising over the right side. The sky is a shade of yellow.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.51
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bubba Peibi
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on bark
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 20.9 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.02
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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.
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- 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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.37
- Description
- A wooden scultpure of a bison.
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- 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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.63
- Description
- Burl rabbit, natural formation accented and scored with burn marks to accentuate rabbit-like form; scorched on faces, arrow marks, scrolling, glued to wood base.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Burl Rabbit
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 17.2 x 19.5 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- Burl rabbit, natural formation accented and scored with burn marks to accentuate rabbit-like form; scorched on faces, arrow marks, scrolling, glued to wood base.
- Subject
- animal, rabbit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.63
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.67
- Description
- Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.
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- Title
- Calla One
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper
- Dimensions
- 42.4 x 42.4 cm
- Description
- Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.67
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.68
- Description
- One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.
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- Title
- Calla Two
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper
- Dimensions
- 61.1 x 61 cm
- Description
- One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.68
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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.10
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- aquatec stain on raw cotton
- Dimensions
- 93.9 x 205.7 cm
- Description
- Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.10
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Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
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- Title
- Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 x 115.5 cm
- Description
- A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.07
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.03
- Description
- Wall hanging of white caribou with black hoofs, face markings on indigo ground, bordered by purple edge border; white and blue thread used on overstitching. Purchased by CRW on 1974 Baffin Island and Pangnirtung trip.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Wall hanging of white caribou with black hoofs, face markings on indigo ground, bordered by purple edge border; white and blue thread used on overstitching. Purchased by CRW on 1974 Baffin Island and Pangnirtung trip.
- Subject
- animal, caribou
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.25 a-c
- Description
- Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and inser…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 5.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and insert into 2 drilled holes in forehead
- Subject
- animal, caribou
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.25 a-c
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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
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Centre Dance (Centre)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.64
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.64
- Description
- An iceberg sits in the top centre of the piece. The background is a blue sky and the foreground is a field of ice.
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- Title
- Centre Dance (Centre)
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 56.2 x 76.2 cm
- Description
- An iceberg sits in the top centre of the piece. The background is a blue sky and the foreground is a field of ice.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.64
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Centre Dance (Left)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.63
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.63
- Description
- A brown hill lowers from the left to the right. The background is a blue sky and a white cliff runs across the middle of the work.
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- Title
- Centre Dance (Left)
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 56.3 x 76.2 cm
- Description
- A brown hill lowers from the left to the right. The background is a blue sky and a white cliff runs across the middle of the work.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.63
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Centre Dance (Right)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.05.65
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.65
- Description
- A green hill lowers from the right to the left. The background is a blue sky and a blue cliff runs across the middle of the work.
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- Title
- Centre Dance (Right)
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 56.2 x 76.2 cm
- Description
- A green hill lowers from the right to the left. The background is a blue sky and a blue cliff runs across the middle of the work.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.65
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