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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
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0060
- Description
- A single carved Arctic owl, its wings erect, suggestions of eyes and bill. A hole bored through the soapstone for hanging, behind head and between wings.
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- Title
- Pendant
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 1.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- A single carved Arctic owl, its wings erect, suggestions of eyes and bill. A hole bored through the soapstone for hanging, behind head and between wings.
- Subject
- adornment
- households
- Povungnituk
- crafts
- carving
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0060
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- Date
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0061
- Description
- A simply rendered elongated human head carved of soapstone, hole bored above brow for hanging.
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- Title
- Pendant
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
- Description
- A simply rendered elongated human head carved of soapstone, hole bored above brow for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Povungnituk
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0061
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; fibre; cone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0090 a-e
- Description
- Five Christmas corsages; (a) two plastic poinsettias with gold sparkles are the main components, green tinsel and red ribbon form the background, stem is brown paper covering wire. (b) Corsage with six silver roll flowers, a plastic Santa with a cotton batting beard and felt hat, surrounded by thre…
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- Title
- Corsage
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; fibre; cone
- Dimensions
- 15.0 cm
- Description
- Five Christmas corsages; (a) two plastic poinsettias with gold sparkles are the main components, green tinsel and red ribbon form the background, stem is brown paper covering wire. (b) Corsage with six silver roll flowers, a plastic Santa with a cotton batting beard and felt hat, surrounded by three styrofoam bells, a red bow and silver and white woven leaves. The stem is green tape covering florist's wire. A long stick pin with a green plastic head is attached to the stem. (c) Corsage with one styrofoam bell, red Christmas ball, two pine-cones and a red and silver ribbon. The background is formed by a single foil leaf. The green stem is equipped with a brooch pin. (d) Corsage in silver and white, two pine cones painted silver, a white plastic bell and a white and silver ribbon are set against two wide pipe cleaners and a silver leaf. (e) Corsage with an elf with red pipe cleaner toque, two red plastic bells, a pine-cone with white painted edges and a red ribbon set against a silver leaf.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0090 a-e
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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
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0094 a,b
- Description
- Two novelty ski pins: (a) round Sunshine Village - round, brass, divided in half horizontally with bottom half white with "Sunshine Village" in brass. Brass sky above with two stylized green mountains, outlined in white, then black. Black arch over mountains around edge of pin. Back of pin has scre…
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 0.8 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- Two novelty ski pins: (a) round Sunshine Village - round, brass, divided in half horizontally with bottom half white with "Sunshine Village" in brass. Brass sky above with two stylized green mountains, outlined in white, then black. Black arch over mountains around edge of pin. Back of pin has screen texture, with hinged pin horizontally across top, fastening in locking clasp. Stamped on back: “Taiwan.” (b) rectangular "Boogie on Skis" - flat, white enamelled pin containing colourful cloisonne of two roosters on skis with feathers flying and caption beneath, "Boogie on Skis"; silver coloured back with screen texture. Horizontal hinged pin across back near top with locking clasp.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0094 a,b
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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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- 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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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0167
- Description
- Large, sterling silver, oval locket engraved with large "C". Hand engraved oval frame containing flowers and leaves around "C", looped cockscomb crest at top of oval with ring behind to hold fine, twisted, silver link chain with thumbnail notch on left to open. Inside concave, following shape of ou…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 0.6 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- Large, sterling silver, oval locket engraved with large "C". Hand engraved oval frame containing flowers and leaves around "C", looped cockscomb crest at top of oval with ring behind to hold fine, twisted, silver link chain with thumbnail notch on left to open. Inside concave, following shape of outside, with framing rings soldered around edge with space behind so photo can be slipped in. box case 9.5 x 7.0 x 2.5 of metal covered with brown satin. Lined with satin in lid, and velvet in bottom. Lid hinged to snap open at the back. Inside lid. "Marjon of Kamloops B.C."
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- CR
- Catharine Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0167
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