topic:"Clock" found 1 record - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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Description: a. Carved wooden figure of an older man with a gold and red crown, a grey beard and grey hair. The figure is wearing a grey jacket with five buttons and painted on pockets full of presents with cream coloured wrapping and red ribbon. Additionally, he has a bag slung over one of his shoulders. His o…

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Dimensions: a. 33.2 b. 13.7 c. 3.6 d. 4.0 x a. 17.5 b. 5.2 c. 2.9 d. 1.1 x a. 10.9 b. 2.4 c. 0.2 d. 0.3 cm

Description: a. Carved wooden figure of an older man with a gold and red crown, a grey beard and grey hair. The figure is wearing a grey jacket with five buttons and painted on pockets full of presents with cream coloured wrapping and red ribbon. Additionally, he has a bag slung over one of his shoulders. His other arm is wrapped around a carved out hole that fits b inside of it. Back of figure is cut out and reveals internal mechanisms consisting of cogs, springs, wires, cylinders, and a kind of accordion contraption. The internal mechanism seems to be responsible for making the figure’s head turn from side to side. There’s a perfect sized hole between figure’s right thumb and forefinger for him to hold part c.b. A black clock-face that has a black background and black numbers inside circles of grey. Surrounding the clock-face itself is a scene of a green field with specks of white (snow?) and some dark green trees; a tan, cream, and black building; a black fence; and hills in the background. There is one cloud in the sky above. There are four gold, chain-link chimes that extend from the bottom of the clock.c. A silver key that fits into the front of the clock-face. d. A gold metal hook with a pentagon of thick, gold metal wrapped around the non-hooked side. Function unclear.

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