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- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0114
- Description
- Mass produced stylized bird constructed of various natural coloured spheres of wood, joined with dowels. Head has black rubber inset eyes and head swivels 360 degrees. Chip on left foot. Feet form base.
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 5.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Mass produced stylized bird constructed of various natural coloured spheres of wood, joined with dowels. Head has black rubber inset eyes and head swivels 360 degrees. Chip on left foot. Feet form base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0114
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0121
- Description
- Simple duck like bird which has been scorched and sand blasted to reveal grain marks in wood. Stamped "Gerd Canada" on bottom. Grain of wood defines eyes and wing of bird.
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 3.6 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Simple duck like bird which has been scorched and sand blasted to reveal grain marks in wood. Stamped "Gerd Canada" on bottom. Grain of wood defines eyes and wing of bird.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0121
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- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0050
- Description
- A painted leather, three-dimensional tiger lily. Pieces of stiff leather have been shaped into realistic tiger lily painted orange with delicate brown spots. Cluster of stamens rise from centre, two green leaves form circle beneath. Pin clasp on flat bar with three holes pierced through is glued to…
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- Title
- Brooch
- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 2.1 x 4.4 cm
- Description
- A painted leather, three-dimensional tiger lily. Pieces of stiff leather have been shaped into realistic tiger lily painted orange with delicate brown spots. Cluster of stamens rise from centre, two green leaves form circle beneath. Pin clasp on flat bar with three holes pierced through is glued to back.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0050
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- Date
- 1960 – 1964
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0092
- Description
- A solid, rectangular, silver brooch with engraving of Haida dogfish design. Profile of stylized dogfish face with typical eye and open mouth at lower left corner, flowing into fish shaped body along bottom, up opposite side and around top, ending in a tail with typical ovoid Haida designs. Backgrou…
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- Title
- Brooch
- Date
- 1960 – 1964
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x .3 x 4.3 cm
- Description
- A solid, rectangular, silver brooch with engraving of Haida dogfish design. Profile of stylized dogfish face with typical eye and open mouth at lower left corner, flowing into fish shaped body along bottom, up opposite side and around top, ending in a tail with typical ovoid Haida designs. Background of textured crosshatching against smoothness of figure. Edge framed with smooth, narrow border. Hinged pin fastens into locking clasp horizontally across. Engraved on back: “HAIDA ART/ Reid”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0092
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- Date
- 1965 – 1977
- Material
- stone; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0171 a-c
- Description
- Three hand carved rings, two jade and one ivory. (a) ivory, plain, carved, thick, rounded band with small ivory mouse carved clinging to top with pointed nose in one direction, and long tail fading into band. (b) jade band, plain, thick, rounded, carved band of jade, nephrite . (c) jade with raised…
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- Title
- Collection Ring
- Date
- 1965 – 1977
- Material
- stone; ivory
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 2.4 x 2.8 cm
- Description
- Three hand carved rings, two jade and one ivory. (a) ivory, plain, carved, thick, rounded band with small ivory mouse carved clinging to top with pointed nose in one direction, and long tail fading into band. (b) jade band, plain, thick, rounded, carved band of jade, nephrite . (c) jade with raised front, band as (b) with raised piece carved at front, some width as band, and cut with notches underneath at each end where connected to band.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- animal
- mouse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0171 a-c
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0189 a-c
- Description
- On white card reading, "original by Christine Banff, Canada" Set of blue enameled, square cufflinks and matching tie clip. Worked on copper sheet with copper fittings. Enamel of very dark blue where concentrated, becoming a lighter blue green over the high spots of the uneven surface of the metal…
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- Title
- Cufflink Set
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
- Description
- On white card reading, "original by Christine Banff, Canada" Set of blue enameled, square cufflinks and matching tie clip. Worked on copper sheet with copper fittings. Enamel of very dark blue where concentrated, becoming a lighter blue green over the high spots of the uneven surface of the metal beneath, champleve, forming a vague herringbone pattern. Copper fittings brazed to back of copper plate. (a,b) cufflinks, wing back clasp hinged between ends of long U-shape bar, swivels perpendicular to insert through buttonhole and parallel to secure. Patent number on back of wingback clasp. (c) tie clip, fitting is flat along back of clip with arm that bends at sharp angle to hold a very tight spring clip behind tie clip, pressing end of spring clip opens jaw of clasp.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- men
- households
- craft
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0189 a-c
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0154 a,b
- Description
- On white card reading "hand wrought jewellery and enamels/ by H.M. Palko”. Pair of round, red, enamelled earrings depicting stained-glass fish, worked on flat, copper disk in cloisonne style. Stylized fish formed by angled and curving lines interesting, with the resulting squares and triangular sp…
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- Title
- Earrings
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 2.3 cm
- Description
- On white card reading "hand wrought jewellery and enamels/ by H.M. Palko”. Pair of round, red, enamelled earrings depicting stained-glass fish, worked on flat, copper disk in cloisonne style. Stylized fish formed by angled and curving lines interesting, with the resulting squares and triangular spaces filled with different orange and yellow colours. Background red. Screw fitting soldered to back. Back of disk and lines between enamel colours blackened.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0154 a,b
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Man's Tie Tack
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- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- stone; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0193
- Description
- Small, oval face carved of greenish stone, steatite? Very simple features become chalky where carved, round, gold coloured fitting with long, 1.1 cm spike glued to back, backing button clasps over spike, releasing by pulling on small knob at end. 3.0 cm long fine link chain attached to edge of b…
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- Title
- Man's Tie Tack
- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- stone; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 1.2 x 1.5 cm
- Description
- Small, oval face carved of greenish stone, steatite? Very simple features become chalky where carved, round, gold coloured fitting with long, 1.1 cm spike glued to back, backing button clasps over spike, releasing by pulling on small knob at end. 3.0 cm long fine link chain attached to edge of backing button with 2.0 cm long buttonhole bar at end. In small, square hard plastic, cube-like box with transparent lid.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- men
- households
- adornment
- figure
- face
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0193
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0098
- Description
- An abstract green and blue enamel design on a large, flat, circular piece of aluminum hanging on long silver chain. Different colours in bold shapes are separated by wire like lines of aluminum, with a thicker aluminum shape enclosing a blue circle on one side, and a thicker aluminum line framing t…
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- Title
- Pendant
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.7 x .4 x 3.2 cm
- Description
- An abstract green and blue enamel design on a large, flat, circular piece of aluminum hanging on long silver chain. Different colours in bold shapes are separated by wire like lines of aluminum, with a thicker aluminum shape enclosing a blue circle on one side, and a thicker aluminum line framing the pendant. Small ring of aluminum at top holds long, delicate, twisted, sterling silver chain with simple ring latch at ends. Back of pendant has recessed stipple texture inside narrow frame of smooth aluminum.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0098
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0119
- Description
- A triangular shaped, bright pewter or silver, band, formed of two cast triangles with rounded corners and large circular hole in middle for finger. Triangles are soldered together at the corners with a slit between them on the sides. Rough line texture cast in outer surfaces of ring.
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- Title
- Ring
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 2.3 x 2.4 cm
- Description
- A triangular shaped, bright pewter or silver, band, formed of two cast triangles with rounded corners and large circular hole in middle for finger. Triangles are soldered together at the corners with a slit between them on the sides. Rough line texture cast in outer surfaces of ring.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0119
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