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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
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- Title
- Bow
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 113.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Hunt
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Jump
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; stone; skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0011
- Description
- Small shaped stone clubhead with handle made from poplar branch which has been bent over clubhead and back on itself. The two ends of the branch forming the handle are tightly bound together with a strip of leather wound about them and nailed into them. The clubhead is held securely in place by ban…
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; stone; skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 11.5 x 44.7 cm
- Description
- Small shaped stone clubhead with handle made from poplar branch which has been bent over clubhead and back on itself. The two ends of the branch forming the handle are tightly bound together with a strip of leather wound about them and nailed into them. The clubhead is held securely in place by bands of leather wrapped around many times and held in place with nails and wire. Apiece of hemp cord is tied around notch at bottom of handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0011
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood; skin; feather; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0012
- Description
- Club with clubhead, probably a cylindrically shaped stone, completely covered with buckskin and attached to willow branch handle nearly completely wrapped with buckskin. Head is secured to handle by means of leather strap passing over and nailed to handle then completely covered with soft buckskin …
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood; skin; feather; stone
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 19.0 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Club with clubhead, probably a cylindrically shaped stone, completely covered with buckskin and attached to willow branch handle nearly completely wrapped with buckskin. Head is secured to handle by means of leather strap passing over and nailed to handle then completely covered with soft buckskin sewed to its shape forming a loose, but secure, clubhead. There is a collar of hide with hair on at the neck, then the handle is wrapped with narrow thong of buckskin about 1/3 of the way down where there is a fringed collar of buckskin, and then a large piece of buckskin is sewed on to cover the rest of the handle. A wrist strap of stiff hide is held to the end of the handle with a tightly wrapped thong of buckskin covered with another fringed collar band. A single eagle feather hangs from the middle of the handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0012
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Hunter's Worries
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- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Hunter's Worries
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0041
- Description
- Bow made from branch split in half length wise with large notch at either end. Twisted sinew wrapped tightly at one end and strung to other with loop at notch of bowl. Stained dark red except for handgrip in middle, at ends, and along inside, many small knotholes.
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- Title
- Hunting Bow
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 2.6 x 103.0 cm
- Description
- Bow made from branch split in half length wise with large notch at either end. Twisted sinew wrapped tightly at one end and strung to other with loop at notch of bowl. Stained dark red except for handgrip in middle, at ends, and along inside, many small knotholes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0041
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0042
- Description
- A bow whittled from tree branch split in half with bark peeled off and notch carved at either end to hold twisted sinew string which is tightly wrapped and knotted at one end, and tied with loop at other.
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- Title
- Hunting Bow
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.4 x 132.4 cm
- Description
- A bow whittled from tree branch split in half with bark peeled off and notch carved at either end to hold twisted sinew string which is tightly wrapped and knotted at one end, and tied with loop at other.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0042
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0043
- Description
- Long, rough bow made from branch of tree split in half lengthwise with bark, poplar? left on outside. Notches at either end hold twisted sinew which is tightly wrapped and knotted at one notch and looped at other.
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- Title
- Hunting Bow
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; sinew
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 3.8 x 155.6 cm
- Description
- Long, rough bow made from branch of tree split in half lengthwise with bark, poplar? left on outside. Notches at either end hold twisted sinew which is tightly wrapped and knotted at one notch and looped at other.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0043
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely co…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely covered with white beads with blue and green band pattern. A canvas flap follows the curved edge of the sheath and is completely covered with light blue beadwork containing diagonal patterned stripes of green and purple with short fringe of buckskin along outer edge. Bead stitching shows on back side of flap; double slit cut into skin near top on back of sheath.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- hunting
- Paul Amos
- Three Buffalo Bull
- Norma Piper Pocaterra
- Johnny Bearspaw
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
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