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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3009
- Description
- Handmade, heavy ceramic bust of Chief Walking Buffalo. The bust is constructed of three joined pieces - two pieces form the head and are then joined to the neck. Yellowish headdress with black horns and black highlights on hair and braids, orange shirt, cream necklace, and green-grey coloured fa…
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- Title
- Bust
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Handmade, heavy ceramic bust of Chief Walking Buffalo. The bust is constructed of three joined pieces - two pieces form the head and are then joined to the neck. Yellowish headdress with black horns and black highlights on hair and braids, orange shirt, cream necklace, and green-grey coloured face. Inscribed inside of base: "R.R."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3009
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Commemorative Coin
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- Date
- 1969
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1065 a,b
- Description
- 1969 Banff Indian Days Kiwanis dollar, in envelope, INDIAN DAYS 1889-1969 value one dollar in Banff. Shows picture of tepee with mountain background. Obverse: BANFF CANADA KIWANIS DOLLAR EXPIRES SEPT.30.69. with head wearing buffalo horn headddress. Plastic envelope with flap, pocket is 4.7 square…
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin
- Date
- 1969
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- 1969 Banff Indian Days Kiwanis dollar, in envelope, INDIAN DAYS 1889-1969 value one dollar in Banff. Shows picture of tepee with mountain background. Obverse: BANFF CANADA KIWANIS DOLLAR EXPIRES SEPT.30.69. with head wearing buffalo horn headddress. Plastic envelope with flap, pocket is 4.7 square, rounded flap has 2.7 fold-over.
- Subject
- events
- Banff Indian Days
- organization
- Kiwanis
- artists
- Charlie Beil
- George McLean
- Chief Walking Buffalo
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Robert Smith, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1065 a,b
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- Date
- 1911
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1006
- Description
- Enfield 303; bolt action rifle; solid wooden stock and handgrip braces the barrel along half its length; groove on right side of handgrip; missing piece of wood near end of fore-stock; crack on other side; front sight has solder around end of barrel; screw and nut through handgrip near breech; sol…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1911
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 7.0 x 108.0 cm
- Description
- Enfield 303; bolt action rifle; solid wooden stock and handgrip braces the barrel along half its length; groove on right side of handgrip; missing piece of wood near end of fore-stock; crack on other side; front sight has solder around end of barrel; screw and nut through handgrip near breech; solder near where rear sight may have been located Marks: carved into stock near action: "Wb" can also be read upside down as “GM”; numerous stamps on metal various places; on collar at trigger: "[crown] VR SPARKBROOK 1901 LE 1 [star] RG. Parker & Co Ltd Birmingham 22 Pat T'14 No 8(?)"; on other side: "Enfield 1911 Sht L.E CON _ IV _"; at barrel and near breech are 3 separate small stamps, each has crossed flags and crown with "V.R./P.""E.R./P." and "G.R./P."; other side "R 358"; the number “75715” is crossed through; near rear sight location “E”; on the outside of the bolt: “[crown] A 10”; other marks on the action: “[crown] 2”; “III”; and a circle containing three lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Beattie, Banff , 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1006
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- Date
- 1925 – 1963
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3042 a,b
- Description
- Two medals attached to a red, white and blue ribbon. (a) 3.7x3.0 cm silver coloured with decorated edges, olive branches, torch and date bar “1963” on bottom. Gold coloured insert with cowboy and horse. On back: "Long Service Award Calgary Exhibition and Stampede." (b) 3.5x2.5 cm shield-shaped…
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- Title
- Service Medal
- Date
- 1925 – 1963
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.0 (a); 2.5(b) x 3.7 (a); 3.5(b) cm
- Description
- Two medals attached to a red, white and blue ribbon. (a) 3.7x3.0 cm silver coloured with decorated edges, olive branches, torch and date bar “1963” on bottom. Gold coloured insert with cowboy and horse. On back: "Long Service Award Calgary Exhibition and Stampede." (b) 3.5x2.5 cm shield-shaped silver medal, engraved, at centre of shield “1925.” On back "Calgary Exhibition Jubilee and Stampede."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3042 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1940
- Material
- hoof; bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0007
- Description
- Indigenous tepee pegs made from the hooves and either ulnas or tibias of deer, the bone end sharpened for insertion in the ground and the hoof end left standing upright as decoration, the joint area between hoof and bone has been bound in buckskin.
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- Title
- Tent Pegs
- Date
- 1915 – 1940
- Material
- hoof; bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Description
- Indigenous tepee pegs made from the hooves and either ulnas or tibias of deer, the bone end sharpened for insertion in the ground and the hoof end left standing upright as decoration, the joint area between hoof and bone has been bound in buckskin.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0007
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- Date
- 1988 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1090
- Description
- White, picture and "Take only pictures leave only footprints", ordinary short sleeved cotton t-shirt, black screened picture on chest, face of Chief Walking Buffalo with mountains in background in circle, mule deer on left, bighorn ram with trees frame circle, lettering on top: "Take Only Pictures"…
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- Title
- T-Shirt
- Date
- 1988 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- White, picture and "Take only pictures leave only footprints", ordinary short sleeved cotton t-shirt, black screened picture on chest, face of Chief Walking Buffalo with mountains in background in circle, mule deer on left, bighorn ram with trees frame circle, lettering on top: "Take Only Pictures" below "leave only footprints", lower left circle "C" and the name crow.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1090
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- Date
- 1991
- Material
- fibre; cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1106
- Description
- Red short sleeve cotton t-shirt picture and quote on front. Print is of an Indigenous man printed in back, overlay in yellow has these words: "..... did you know that trees talk? Well they do. They talk to each other, and they'll talk to you if you listen. Trouble is, white people don't listen…
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- Title
- T-Shirt
- Date
- 1991
- Material
- fibre; cotton
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 69.0 cm
- Description
- Red short sleeve cotton t-shirt picture and quote on front. Print is of an Indigenous man printed in back, overlay in yellow has these words: "..... did you know that trees talk? Well they do. They talk to each other, and they'll talk to you if you listen. Trouble is, white people don't listen. They never learned to listen to the Indians so I don't suppose they'll listen to other voices in nature. But I have learned a lot from trees: sometimes about the weather, sometimes about animals, sometimes about the Great Spirit. I have spoken" Tatanga Man "Walking Buffalo". Below that in small print (c) Body 'N Brain Production by Guylba Company.
- Credit
- Purchased from Astrid R. Bell, Canmore, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1106
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- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- HaE.02.01
- Description
- In center of picture a ring of bison, some calves, are warding off 3 wolves. The foreground, which covers two thirds of picture is rolling benchlands down to a river shown at middle right, many bison are seen in the distance in valley bottom and on the hills. Mountains on horizon to the right. The …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Description
- In center of picture a ring of bison, some calves, are warding off 3 wolves. The foreground, which covers two thirds of picture is rolling benchlands down to a river shown at middle right, many bison are seen in the distance in valley bottom and on the hills. Mountains on horizon to the right. The sky is blue with tinges of white and green. A plaque is attached to the frame: To Chief Walking Buffalo who has bravely fought to bring the right spirit to the people of Canada and the world from his friends commemorating his 91st birthday March 20, 1962.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HaE.02.01
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