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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: mineral, onyx

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0010

Description: A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: mineral, onyx

Dimensions: 2.0 x 12.0 cm

Description: A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.

Subject: households; collectables; crafts; carving; animals, dragon; myths

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0010

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0018 a,b

Description: Two white ceramic figurines of spotted dogs on thick dark bases with a thin line around the bottom of each base. a) A dog lying down, with its tail curled around its body, and head lifted. The dog has a narrow collar and a dark muzzle.b) A dog sitting with its head turned to side. The dog has a d…

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 8.3 (a); 13.0 (b) x 12.0 (a); 8.3 (b) cm

Description: Two white ceramic figurines of spotted dogs on thick dark bases with a thin line around the bottom of each base. a) A dog lying down, with its tail curled around its body, and head lifted. The dog has a narrow collar and a dark muzzle.b) A dog sitting with its head turned to side. The dog has a dark muzzle, a narrow collar with a pendant, and a chain looped around its shoulders.

Subject: households; collectables; animals, dogs

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0018 a,b

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0031

Description: A ceramic reddish-brown squirrel standing on its hind legs and holding an acorn up in its forepaws next to its face. The bottom is marked “Beatrix Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin Beswick, England 18c Copyright.”

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 8.5 cm

Description: A ceramic reddish-brown squirrel standing on its hind legs and holding an acorn up in its forepaws next to its face. The bottom is marked “Beatrix Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin Beswick, England 18c Copyright.”

Subject: households; collectables; animals, squirrel; children; Beatrix Potter; literary characters

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0031

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: metal, bronze; ivory

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0084

Description: A bronze charging bull with its tail raised and its head down and slightly turned to one side. The bull has a broad snout, curly hair on its head, and curved ivory horns. The bull has been cast with features and hair texture showing in detail including cloven hooves. The figurine’s black patina …

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: metal, bronze; ivory

Dimensions: 5.0 x 14.0 cm

Description: A bronze charging bull with its tail raised and its head down and slightly turned to one side. The bull has a broad snout, curly hair on its head, and curved ivory horns. The bull has been cast with features and hair texture showing in detail including cloven hooves. The figurine’s black patina worn at high points showing bronze colour through.

Subject: households; souvenirs; collectables; animals, bovine

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0084

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; ivory

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0085 a,b

Description: Two nearly identical carved wooden elephants with ivory tusks and inlaid ivory eyes. Each elephant is standing with its trunk hanging to the ground and slightly curled under at the end. The grain of wood is vertical with end grain showing as stippled texture on the back and under the belly. Eac…

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; ivory

Dimensions: 14.0 x 6.7 x 12.5 cm

Description: Two nearly identical carved wooden elephants with ivory tusks and inlaid ivory eyes. Each elephant is standing with its trunk hanging to the ground and slightly curled under at the end. The grain of wood is vertical with end grain showing as stippled texture on the back and under the belly. Each elephant has a grooved crease carved in the top of its head, two creases in each ear, and three along each side.

Subject: households; animals, elephants; collectables; souvenirs

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0085 a,b

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0087

Description: Scarab beetle carved from a lump of terracotta with its head and legs in relief on sides with smoothly curved back shell incised with outlines of wings. The bottom of the base has a flat incised pictograph of a beetle at the bottom inside a large oval shape with cross-hatched rectangle above him …

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 3.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 cm

Description: Scarab beetle carved from a lump of terracotta with its head and legs in relief on sides with smoothly curved back shell incised with outlines of wings. The bottom of the base has a flat incised pictograph of a beetle at the bottom inside a large oval shape with cross-hatched rectangle above him and circle above that, and two long triangular shapes at each side of the oval. The figurine is glazed with green-blue slip.

Subject: households; animals, insects; collectables; souvenirs

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0087

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Animal Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0088

Description: Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).

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Title: Animal Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood

Dimensions: 5.0 x 14.0 cm

Description: Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).