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Ceremonial Rattle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.33.0018
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; feather; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0018
- Description
- Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained ye…
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- Title
- Ceremonial Rattle
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; feather; bone
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained yellow on front with picture of flying eagle, and green on back with drawing of dog's head. Bone at top painted around each nail head with a circle of black outlined in red and a green star at the centre. 'Neck' of buffalo painted with bands of red, black, yellow, green and brown. Three feathers tied in group attached around bottom of handle with a string of sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- animal
- buffalo
- bird
- eagle
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0018
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0054%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood; skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0054 a,b
- Description
- Two quirts made in the same manner from smoothly carved sticks that have been stained reddish brown, with long buckskin lashes at the end, and beaded strap handle. Wide buckskin thong passes through hole cut in end of quirt and is doubled and tightly wrapped together with a narrow strip of leather.…
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood; skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 95.5 cm
- Description
- Two quirts made in the same manner from smoothly carved sticks that have been stained reddish brown, with long buckskin lashes at the end, and beaded strap handle. Wide buckskin thong passes through hole cut in end of quirt and is doubled and tightly wrapped together with a narrow strip of leather. Flat, beaded handle strap is split into two tongues at one end which end with two tin cone beads filled with orange feathers. (a) square with blue beads, long, plain, smoothly carved, squared stick. Handle beaded on brown leather in lazy stitch of blue seed beads with three white outlines of squares spaced evenly along. Tongues have white stripes. Strap stitched through hole in wood with buckskin thong. (b) round with white beads, round smooth baton with ring carved at top and in middle. Strap as (a) but white background with solid green and blue squares spaced along, and green and white checked tongues.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0054 a,b
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0112
- Description
- Hand- carved duck of oiled, reddish brown wood. Centre of eyes have been painted black, detailed carving throughout surface, especially neck and head. Stamps on bottom resemble "no 50" and "Jul" (July?). Heavily incised lines on wing and tail, with lighter delicate feather texture scratched over su…
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 4.7 x 8.2 cm
- Description
- Hand- carved duck of oiled, reddish brown wood. Centre of eyes have been painted black, detailed carving throughout surface, especially neck and head. Stamps on bottom resemble "no 50" and "Jul" (July?). Heavily incised lines on wing and tail, with lighter delicate feather texture scratched over surface of body. Webbed feet carved in relief clutching surface of rock shaped base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- carving
- animal
- bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0112
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Decorative Bowl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0334
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0334
- Description
- Flat based generally oval carved wooden bowl with bird head and tail, head is duck like and tail is flat and broad, functions as handle. Exterior bowl border and top of handle are incised geometric designs.
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- Title
- Decorative Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 7.7 x 13.9 x 28.3 cm
- Description
- Flat based generally oval carved wooden bowl with bird head and tail, head is duck like and tail is flat and broad, functions as handle. Exterior bowl border and top of handle are incised geometric designs.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- duck
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0334
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Matchbox; Decorative Set
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0381 a-d
- Description
- A set of four matching, large matchboxes fitted into red metal box with box lid. Box has Japanese writing in gold inside square frame at one corner of lid. In gold at one corner of bottom, "JAPAN". Four flat, rectangular, wooden matchboxes slide into rectangular box covers open at each end. Each b…
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- Title
- Matchbox; Decorative Set
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 7.7 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- A set of four matching, large matchboxes fitted into red metal box with box lid. Box has Japanese writing in gold inside square frame at one corner of lid. In gold at one corner of bottom, "JAPAN". Four flat, rectangular, wooden matchboxes slide into rectangular box covers open at each end. Each box depicts on top brushwork white horse in different pose with red chop of artist, as well as name written in script, "YEDE". One long side has series of Japanese characters (each different), the other a rough striking surface for matches. Bottom is white background covered with a pattern of green and black diamond shapes, with "JAPAN" printed in red in lower right corner. (a) horse rearing (b) horse sniffing air (c) horse grazing facing right (d) horse with head lower facing left. Contains two long (10.5 cm) red-tipped matches.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0381 a-d
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- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of…
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 12.2 x 18.9 cm
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of wood 4.5 cm high which has been bevelled along the upper edges. Bases covered on bottom with green felt.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0192
- Description
- A tiny gold stickpin with stylized flying bird ? as head. Cutout shape of head is curvilinear. Shaft of pin bends closely at right angle just behind head. Gold plated ?
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- Title
- Stickpin
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 1.4 x 2.7 cm
- Description
- A tiny gold stickpin with stylized flying bird ? as head. Cutout shape of head is curvilinear. Shaft of pin bends closely at right angle just behind head. Gold plated ?
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- animal
- bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0192
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0269
- Description
- Medium brown hardwood netsuke in shape of chick breaking through eggshell. Rounded, smooth shape, egg above realistic hairline cracks. One large and one small hole through underside for cord passage. Calligraphy in rectangle near larger hole.
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 2.6 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- Medium brown hardwood netsuke in shape of chick breaking through eggshell. Rounded, smooth shape, egg above realistic hairline cracks. One large and one small hole through underside for cord passage. Calligraphy in rectangle near larger hole.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- animal
- chicken
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0269
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0271
- Description
- Smooth, rounded netsuke carved from medium brown hardwood. Snail emerging from rounded shell. One large and one small cord hole in bottom of netsuke, ideogram carved on underside. Snail's skin pitted to create contours.
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 2.9 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- Smooth, rounded netsuke carved from medium brown hardwood. Snail emerging from rounded shell. One large and one small cord hole in bottom of netsuke, ideogram carved on underside. Snail's skin pitted to create contours.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- keepsake
- travel
- souvenir
- collectable
- households
- miniatures
- animal
- snail
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0271
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0272
- Description
- Smooth, rounded netsuke carved from medium brown hardwood. Snail emerging from rounded, coiled shell. Cord passage hole created by gap between snail foot and shell. Carved signature within rectangle near base of netsuke. Large crack in netsuke and one of large snail antennae is broken off in a larg…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.2 x 3.9 cm
- Description
- Smooth, rounded netsuke carved from medium brown hardwood. Snail emerging from rounded, coiled shell. Cord passage hole created by gap between snail foot and shell. Carved signature within rectangle near base of netsuke. Large crack in netsuke and one of large snail antennae is broken off in a large section and is missing. Crack possibly caused by humidity changes or damage.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- travel
- collectable
- souvenir
- keepsake
- households
- miniatures
- animal
- snail
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0272
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0273
- Description
- Land turtle sitting atop clam-like shell. He is facing the hinged part of the mollusk and his rear left foot is caught at the toes, in the crack in the shell. He has an unhappy expression on face and there is a flat, circular platform on top of his head, may be a damaged chip. The mollusk hinge is …
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 2.8 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- Land turtle sitting atop clam-like shell. He is facing the hinged part of the mollusk and his rear left foot is caught at the toes, in the crack in the shell. He has an unhappy expression on face and there is a flat, circular platform on top of his head, may be a damaged chip. The mollusk hinge is very crude and appears to have been broken away, there are two circles on either side of hinge where the wood is missing. Turtle is dark hardwood, shell is black lacquered wood.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- animal
- turtle
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0273
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0274
- Description
- Toad atop tattered sandal, made of lightweight, medium brown coloured wood which is scored to create contours. Sandal shows fibre texture. Toad is nubby and mottled. Two cord holes in sandal foot. Appears to be unsigned.
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 2.9 x 5.8 cm
- Description
- Toad atop tattered sandal, made of lightweight, medium brown coloured wood which is scored to create contours. Sandal shows fibre texture. Toad is nubby and mottled. Two cord holes in sandal foot. Appears to be unsigned.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0274
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0277
- Description
- Water buffalo, lying with front legs folded under chest. Dark brown, matte glaze. Two cord holes in belly. Signature stamp on right rear haunch. Right rear hoof chipped off and both ears missing.
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 3.0 x 4.8 cm
- Description
- Water buffalo, lying with front legs folded under chest. Dark brown, matte glaze. Two cord holes in belly. Signature stamp on right rear haunch. Right rear hoof chipped off and both ears missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0277
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; glass ?
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0279
- Description
- Seated monkey holding back feet in right arm and left arm resting on left thigh, possibly scratching thigh. Minute hair lines scored throughout body. Yellow eyes possibly glass. Signature oval on bottom of right leg. Line extending from left arm may be a crack, another hairline at back of neck. Cor…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; glass ?
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 2.4 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- Seated monkey holding back feet in right arm and left arm resting on left thigh, possibly scratching thigh. Minute hair lines scored throughout body. Yellow eyes possibly glass. Signature oval on bottom of right leg. Line extending from left arm may be a crack, another hairline at back of neck. Cord could be looped through gap on crossed legs.signature oval on bottom of right leg: O tone
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0279
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; glass ?
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0282
- Description
- Two monkeys, larger, female, holding double gourd and smaller monkey perched on larger monkey's shoulders and head. Gourd being clutched by front left arm and rear right leg, large monkey's right arm scratching right hip. Left eye, both monkeys have detailed glass inset eyes, of baby monkey missin…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; glass ?
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 2.0 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Two monkeys, larger, female, holding double gourd and smaller monkey perched on larger monkey's shoulders and head. Gourd being clutched by front left arm and rear right leg, large monkey's right arm scratching right hip. Left eye, both monkeys have detailed glass inset eyes, of baby monkey missing. Fine tooling has created hair lines overall surface. Cord hole between legs of seated monkey. Signature on bottom, within oval .
- Subject
- Whyte home
- collectable
- travel
- souvenir
- households
- miniatures
- animal
- monkey
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Okau
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0282
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0283
- Description
- Very elaborate carving of male figure seated on dragon, who is carrying a slipper in upraised, right hand. Dragon's tail is attached to man's hat and body of dragon undulates and curves to support rider. Dragon's head upraised and under slipper. Dragon's right foreleg touching man's upraised right …
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 2.1 x 3.7 cm
- Description
- Very elaborate carving of male figure seated on dragon, who is carrying a slipper in upraised, right hand. Dragon's tail is attached to man's hat and body of dragon undulates and curves to support rider. Dragon's head upraised and under slipper. Dragon's right foreleg touching man's upraised right hand. Signature on belly deep brown tone to ivory, may have been stained. Opening for cord passage behind rider's right heel and dragon's belly.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0283
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Dimensions
- 103. cm
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- animal
- bear
- regalia
- accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0091
- Description
- A flat aluminum, outlined cutout of a Haida style eagle. Eagle is flying in profile, with hooked beak, and talons ready to grab. Ovoid cutout shapes inside body. Small ball bearing soldered in eyehole as eyeball. Long (4.5 cm) pin clasp of stainless steel (?) soldered to back from the tail to the n…
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- Title
- Brooch
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x .3 x 7.9 cm
- Description
- A flat aluminum, outlined cutout of a Haida style eagle. Eagle is flying in profile, with hooked beak, and talons ready to grab. Ovoid cutout shapes inside body. Small ball bearing soldered in eyehole as eyeball. Long (4.5 cm) pin clasp of stainless steel (?) soldered to back from the tail to the neck, has locking clasp. Etched on back: “AYE”.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- animal
- eagle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0091
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0480
- Description
- Hand thrown, cone shaped container which narrows to small 1.6 cm. aperture neck with curved, flared lip. Note deep indentation on one side for ease of handling. Foot shows scorch, or "geta" marks from firing. Very pale ivory grey and beige glaze with three iron slip fishes brushed decoration. Iron…
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- Title
- Water Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 14.8 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, cone shaped container which narrows to small 1.6 cm. aperture neck with curved, flared lip. Note deep indentation on one side for ease of handling. Foot shows scorch, or "geta" marks from firing. Very pale ivory grey and beige glaze with three iron slip fishes brushed decoration. Iron slip brush trims at neck and base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0480
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0653
- Description
- Dome shaped bell with polished brass rim and dog shaped handle, of which tail forms almost circular handle. Heavy round clapper suspended on ring inside bell. Brass prominent at dog head and tail and bell rim.
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- Title
- Service Bell
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 6.4 x 9.7 cm
- Description
- Dome shaped bell with polished brass rim and dog shaped handle, of which tail forms almost circular handle. Heavy round clapper suspended on ring inside bell. Brass prominent at dog head and tail and bell rim.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- animal
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0653
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