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Monarch of the Past
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.04.31
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.31
- Description
- A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
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- Title
- Monarch of the Past
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.31
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- Date
- 1941 – 1946
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1022
- Description
- Two sided carved oak sign: “Entering Banff National Park . . . “ on one side, “Entering Jasper National Park . . . “ on the other side. The Banff side has carved relief moose and bison heads. The Jasper side has carved relief bighorn sheep and mountain goat heads. Signed in bottom corner “Hans Maue…
- Title
- Road Sign
- Date
- 1941 – 1946
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 76.20 x 106.68 cm
- Description
- Two sided carved oak sign: “Entering Banff National Park . . . “ on one side, “Entering Jasper National Park . . . “ on the other side. The Banff side has carved relief moose and bison heads. The Jasper side has carved relief bighorn sheep and mountain goat heads. Signed in bottom corner “Hans Mauer”. Small metal plaque in other bottom corner: “To Bruce Mitchell. For His Many Years of Devoted Duty In the National Park Service.”
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Bruce Mitchell
- Hans Mauer
- carving
- World War II
- Alternate Service work camps
- moose
- sheep
- goat
- buffalo
- Credit
- Gift of Randy Mitchell, Calgary, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1022
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0045
- Description
- Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulb…
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- Title
- Spear
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.0 x 69.5 cm
- Description
- Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulbous form at end. Sections between carving and paint wrapped with bands of buckskin covered with brightly coloured beadwork. Three groups of feathers hang from ends of shaft and middle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0045
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; skin; glass; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0046
- Description
- Spear with carved bone head painted red at tip is fastened into split end of shaft which is made from tree branch with natural sharp bend into handle. End of handle, where bent branch joins, is two sided buffalo head with horns carved and painted black with red nose and red band beneath. Branch sha…
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- Title
- Spear
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; skin; glass; feather
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 83.0 cm
- Description
- Spear with carved bone head painted red at tip is fastened into split end of shaft which is made from tree branch with natural sharp bend into handle. End of handle, where bent branch joins, is two sided buffalo head with horns carved and painted black with red nose and red band beneath. Branch shaft has charred design of crosses, bars and circles along length, and is wrapped with a band of green and yellow beads over deerskin just below spearhead. A single eagle feather is tied at the middle of the handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- animal
- buffalo
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0046
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- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0095
- Description
- A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geomet…
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- Title
- Studded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geometric bird buffalo skull heart with arrow tepee and geometric design. Alternating with catlinite are commercial brass buttons in five different designs, two of which have eagle's heads on them, one of which shows a hound chasing a rabbit into a stump, and the other six bearing an impressed geometric pattern.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0095
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.31
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.31
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.26
- Description
- Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.7 cm
- Description
- Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
- Credit
- Purchased from James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.26
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Walking Buffalo, Stony (sic)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbwh.03.01
- Date
- 1960 – 1968
- Medium
- pastel on craft paper
- Catalogue Number
- BwH.03.01
- Description
- pastal drawing of Chief Walking Buffalo (George MacLean)
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- Title
- Walking Buffalo, Stony (sic)
- Date
- 1960 – 1968
- Medium
- pastel on craft paper
- Dimensions
- 62.33 x 48.26 cm
- Description
- pastal drawing of Chief Walking Buffalo (George MacLean)
- Subject
- Walking Buffalo
- buffalo
- pastel
- Tatanga
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Chris Hay, Maple Ridge, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- BwH.03.01
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Wolf Attacking Cow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.04
- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.04
- Description
- This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as…
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- Title
- Wolf Attacking Cow
- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 60.9 cm
- Description
- This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as if it is covered with snow and the snow has a blue colour in the shadow areas. The bison and the wolf are brown in colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.04
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