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Balancing Nude
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Tit…
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- Title
- Balancing Nude
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.1 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Titled and signed on back as well.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0173
- Description
- A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each co…
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- Title
- Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 93.5 cm
- Description
- A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each containing a female dancing figure in very high relief. Figure has firm breasts and tiny waist, and is wearing draped bloomers and tall headdress. Scrolls and flowers form garland around figure. Smooth border around pebbly background surface, follows shape of buckle each side of buckle has bar soldered across back to attach belt. Velvet attached one side only with loose basting stitches around bar.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- female
- religious
- Hinduism
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0173
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.37
- Description
- The figure of a woman, mid chest to head with a child in her left arm, covers most of the picture. She is sitting on a high back brown chair. She is wearing a black dress with low round yellow collar and cuffs and with a locket around her neck. The baby has a black bonnet and a blue gown. The wa…
- Title
- The Child
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- The figure of a woman, mid chest to head with a child in her left arm, covers most of the picture. She is sitting on a high back brown chair. She is wearing a black dress with low round yellow collar and cuffs and with a locket around her neck. The baby has a black bonnet and a blue gown. The wall paper is diamond shaped blue green.
- Credit
- Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.37
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Figurine Group
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- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0091
- Description
- Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white …
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- Title
- Figurine Group
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- wood; plaster
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 2.7 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white sack, (4) a seated white cat with red feathers, (5) a green frog, (6) a standing man with exposed fat belly wearing an orange robe and carrying a white sack over his shoulder, (7) a standing woman in blue kimono with yellow hood over face, holding a lyre, (8) a man with purple blouse and green trousers holding a club, (9 )a man with black overblouse and turquoise skirt, holding staff and round yellow object with turquoise sack over shoulder, (10) a kneeling bald man with pointed head and white beard, carrying fan and wearing green robe, (11) a black cat standing with back arched, (12) a seated man with orange robe.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- religious
- animal
- bear
- cat
- frog
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0091
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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.213
- Description
- A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
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- Title
- Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
- Subject
- figure, group
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.213
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0284
- Description
- The case is in five segments which are both held together and can be separated by tension of the purple cord. Cord extends from a hole on either extremity of segments rim edges, through to attach itself to the ivory netsuke. Netsuke is woman supporting small child on her back at left shoulder, woma…
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- Title
- Medicine Case
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 5.7 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- The case is in five segments which are both held together and can be separated by tension of the purple cord. Cord extends from a hole on either extremity of segments rim edges, through to attach itself to the ivory netsuke. Netsuke is woman supporting small child on her back at left shoulder, woman wearing kimono, obi and getas. Signature on woman's right leg. Cord hole found on woman's left hip. Round filigree brass button slides on cord between netsuke and inro. Lacquer design on inro is landscape with birds on one side. Obverse is harbour scene with lighthouse boats and full moon, all in gold and black lacquer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0284
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Miniature Figurine
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- shell; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0154 a,b
- Description
- Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to rep…
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- Title
- Miniature Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- shell; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 3.1 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to represent hair, face is cupped by another shell forming a bonnet. (b) skirt of limpet shells piled on one another and glued together. Small shells form puffed sleeves with wooden stick arms. Necklace painted on bodice shell, facial features and black curly hair painted on shell which is cupped by another forming a bonnet. Two shells for feet on underside of skirt.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- figure
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0154 a,b
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0281
- Description
- Two ivory figures, man and woman. Seated woman has bowl between knees and is displaying open book. Her back is turned to standing man who appears to be directing to something over his left shoulder, his right index finger pointing over shoulder. Two cord holes in bottom and signed under woman's rig…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 3.0 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- Two ivory figures, man and woman. Seated woman has bowl between knees and is displaying open book. Her back is turned to standing man who appears to be directing to something over his left shoulder, his right index finger pointing over shoulder. Two cord holes in bottom and signed under woman's right knee. Design has been incised with fine markings, and paint on man's hat band and on kimono ties on his back. Detail on base of netsuke very good.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0281
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- Artist
- Henry Ayn
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AyH.07.01
- Description
- Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …
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- Artist
- Henry Ayn
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AyH.07.01
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.03.001
- Description
- Figure drawing of a standing female model.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- Figure drawing of a standing female model.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.03.001
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