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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."
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Chief Walking Buffalo
George McLean
Roland Rollinmud
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.3009
Images
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Artist
Edward Fred Hagell (1895 – 1964, Canadian)
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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Artist
Edward Fred Hagell (1895 – 1964, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape, mountains
animal, buffalo
Chief Walking Buffalo
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaE.02.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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