topic:"Birds" found 40 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Canada's wild glory

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1961

Author: Keller, W. Phillip

Publisher: London : Jarrolds

Call Number: 04 K28c

Author: Keller, W. Phillip

Responsibility: line drawings by Geraldine Locke

Publisher: London : Jarrolds

Published Date: 1961

Physical Description: 336p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Birds; Mammals; National parks

Accession Number: 526

Call Number: 04 K28c

Collection: Archives Library

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An annotated list of the avi-fauna of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1969

Author: Seel, Kurt E

Call Number: 04.2 Se3

Author: Seel, Kurt E

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: xxxviii, 281p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Birds

Accession Number: 1507

Call Number: 04.2 Se3

Collection: Archives Library

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Bird portraits in color : two hundred ninety-five North American species

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1960

Author: Roberts, Thomas S.

Publisher: Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press

Call Number: 06.1 R54b

Author: Roberts, Thomas S.

Responsibility: Thomas S. Roberts

Publisher: Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press

Published Date: 1960

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Birds; Art; Portraits

Subjects: Painting

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of ninety two color plates painted by various accomplished artists. While the publication certainly establishes an artistic flair, it is in many ways factual as well. The book discusses over two hundred and ninety-five bird species found throughout North America. Comprehensive in nature, the guide offers insight into each bird species habitat, scientific name and other relevant information. Readers can expect to learn about the vast bird species that exist in North America, while also enjoying the stunning art work featured by the following artists, Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Notes: Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, and Louise Agassiz Fuertes

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 06.1 R54b

Collection: Archives Library

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Table Lamp

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Date: 1960 – 1965

Material: ceramic; fibre; metal

Catalogue Number: 102.05.0052

Description: Lamp base is ceramic handthrown cone with a glaze of grey and streaks of iron in it. Outline black birds on base as decoration. Harp supports shade from base of light fixture.

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Title: Table Lamp

Date: 1960 – 1965

Material: ceramic; fibre; metal

Dimensions: 63.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Lamp base is ceramic handthrown cone with a glaze of grey and streaks of iron in it. Outline black birds on base as decoration. Harp supports shade from base of light fixture.

Subject: households; animal; birds; Thomas Kakinuma

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.05.0052

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Cup And Saucer

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Date: 1960 – 1985

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.20.1061 a,b

Description: A matched cup and sauder that each have gold trim along the edges. Both are decorated with a picture of Crowsnest Mountain and “CROWSNEST MT. 9138 FT.” and the cup also has a picture of two crows atop a post marked “Crowsnest Pass” alongside the sign for the town of Blairmore, Alberta. The botto…

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Title: Cup And Saucer

Date: 1960 – 1985

Material: ceramic

Description: A matched cup and sauder that each have gold trim along the edges. Both are decorated with a picture of Crowsnest Mountain and “CROWSNEST MT. 9138 FT.” and the cup also has a picture of two crows atop a post marked “Crowsnest Pass” alongside the sign for the town of Blairmore, Alberta. The bottom of the cup is marked with a crown and “Royal Ascot Bone China 43 MADE IN ENGLAND EXCLUSIVELY FOR R. M. Crabb.”

Subject: households; souvenirs; Crowsnest Pass; mountains; birds; crows

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: 104.20.1061 a,b

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Bird Figurine

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Date: 1967 – 1967

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0001

Description: A carved wooden owl sitting on a very rough half-round section of log. The owl is painted dark brown with feather texture on wings, an orange face and breast. The owl has glass eyes. The side of the base is marked with a maker’s mark, “HAL” with letters joined together, and “Bieler 67” in red.

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Title: Bird Figurine

Date: 1967 – 1967

Material: wood

Dimensions: 10.4; 5.0 (base) x 4.3; 10.0 (base) x 4.8; 9.0 (base) cm

Description: A carved wooden owl sitting on a very rough half-round section of log. The owl is painted dark brown with feather texture on wings, an orange face and breast. The owl has glass eyes. The side of the base is marked with a maker’s mark, “HAL” with letters joined together, and “Bieler 67” in red.

Subject: households; animals, birds; birds, owls; crafts; carving; Hal Bieler

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0001

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Kikqavik and the Hunter

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Artist: Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KiA.04.08

Description: Black silhouettes of a hunter and three (3) birds and one animal/bird; all figures stylized and exaggerated;

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Artist: Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kikqavik and the Hunter

Date: 1960

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 50 x 50.5 cm

Description: Black silhouettes of a hunter and three (3) birds and one animal/bird; all figures stylized and exaggerated;

Subject: hunter; animals; birds

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: KiA.04.08

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Untitled [Birds Driving Horned Seals]

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Artist: Kudjuakjuk

Date: c. 1970

Medium: commercial print on paper

Catalogue Number: KuD.04.01

Description: A black and white print of a bird driving a canoe or sleigh which three birds are riding. Attached to the canoe by ropes are three horned seals with spots on them. Another bird flies in the sky and two more appear as if they are walking in the sky and hold whips.Bottom right corner text reads “ᑲᔪ…

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Artist: Kudjuakjuk

Title: Untitled [Birds Driving Horned Seals]

Date: c. 1970

Medium: commercial print on paper

Description: A black and white print of a bird driving a canoe or sleigh which three birds are riding. Attached to the canoe by ropes are three horned seals with spots on them. Another bird flies in the sky and two more appear as if they are walking in the sky and hold whips.Bottom right corner text reads “ᑲᔪᕋᔪ”