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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0369 a,b
- Description
- Matched pair of angular light coloured wood bookends with inlaid figure of an elk cut from light wood and set into a darker wood. Elk's neck is stretched as if calling, stands on grassy pasture and is framed by a tree on one side and a bush on the other. Wood has light varnish. Green felt is glued …
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 12.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Matched pair of angular light coloured wood bookends with inlaid figure of an elk cut from light wood and set into a darker wood. Elk's neck is stretched as if calling, stands on grassy pasture and is framed by a tree on one side and a bush on the other. Wood has light varnish. Green felt is glued to bottom.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- elk
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0369 a,b
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Cribbage Board
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.01.1015
- Date
- 1986 – 1987
- Material
- antler; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1015
- Description
- Handmade elk antler cribbage board. Compartment at one end to store pegs (missing) fastened with metal screw.
- Title
- Cribbage Board
- Date
- 1986 – 1987
- Material
- antler; metal
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade elk antler cribbage board. Compartment at one end to store pegs (missing) fastened with metal screw.
- Subject
- games
- cribbage
- Charlie Hunter
- animals, elk
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1015
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Cribbage Board
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.01.1014
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- antler; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1014
- Description
- Cribbage board handmade from a piece of elk antler. Fine black lines border the peg holes on filed top surface. Small compartment at one end swivels open on metal screw, pegs are missing. “BANFF CANADA” handwritten at base of antler. Surface is varnished, fabric pads glued to contact points on base…
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- Title
- Cribbage Board
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- antler; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 12.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Cribbage board handmade from a piece of elk antler. Fine black lines border the peg holes on filed top surface. Small compartment at one end swivels open on metal screw, pegs are missing. “BANFF CANADA” handwritten at base of antler. Surface is varnished, fabric pads glued to contact points on base to prevent scratching of table surfaces.
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1014
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- board; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0083
- Description
- Painting of elk with head raised in front of rolling meadows with river and stand of orange trees. Blue-grey mountains in background. “R. KOOTENAY” written in lower right corner. “Morley. Ralph Kootenay” written on back.
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- board; paint
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Painting of elk with head raised in front of rolling meadows with river and stand of orange trees. Blue-grey mountains in background. “R. KOOTENAY” written in lower right corner. “Morley. Ralph Kootenay” written on back.
- Subject
- whyte home
- painting
- art
- elk
- landscape
- Stoney Nakoda
- Morley
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0083
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