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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
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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.
Subject
hunting
Chief Walking Buffalo
George McLean
Tom Kaquitts
Indigenous, Stoney
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."
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
George McLean
Chief Walking Buffalo
Calgary Stampede
awards
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.3042 a,b
Images
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