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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
George McLean
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 51 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
Subject
portrait
male
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
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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
1880 – 1900
Material
hair; fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
103.09.0081 a,b
Description
A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to th…
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Title
Roach Headdress
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
hair; fibre; wood
Dimensions
8.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to the curvature of the head. A short length of cord has been stitched to the underside of the braided mat, with short lengths of heavy thread sewn at intervals along the edges. Stored with large carved b) club of wood inside to hold the form of the hairs smooth, and wrapped with a length of cord.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0081 a,b
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Date
c. 1960
Catalogue Number
107.02.1048
Description
a wood carving of a rhinoceros, snout horn 5.0cm, head horn 3.0cm.
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Title
Wood Carving
Date
c. 1960
Dimensions
9.5 x 3.6 x 20.0 cm
Description
a wood carving of a rhinoceros, snout horn 5.0cm, head horn 3.0cm.
Subject
carving
souvenir
Africa
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 2014
Catalogue Number
107.02.1048
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