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A hunter of peace : Mary T.S. Schaffer's Old Indian trails of the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Author
Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939
Publisher
Banff : Whyte Foundation
Call Number
TR140 S33 H37
Author
Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939
Responsibility
introduced and edited by E.J. Hart
Publisher
Banff : Whyte Foundation
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
151p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Women photographers - Canada - Biography
Rocky Mountains, Canada - Description and travel - 1900-1950
Maligne Lake
Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939
Notes
Contents : Yahe-Weha-Mountain Woman : the life and travels of Mary Schaffer Warren, 1861-1939 / E.J. Hart -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1907 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1908 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- The 1911 expedition to Maligne Lake / Mary T.S. Schaffer
Call Number
TR140 S33 H37
Location
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Collection
Art Library
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Date
prior to 1900
Material
clay
Catalogue Number
110.02.1006 a-c
Description
Three handmade clay pots of Columbian origin (see history). (a) 8.5x12.0x8.0, egg shaped vase with open back. One side has an extension which would enable holding (the vase appears to be for pouring or scooping), a beetle with long legs is draped over this extension. The beetle has a striped …
Title
Vessel
Date
prior to 1900
Material
clay
Description
Three handmade clay pots of Columbian origin (see history). (a) 8.5x12.0x8.0, egg shaped vase with open back. One side has an extension which would enable holding (the vase appears to be for pouring or scooping), a beetle with long legs is draped over this extension. The beetle has a striped back and lobster-like claws. It appears to be crawling on the head of an animal (turtle ?). Line decoration around opening. (b) 9.0x9.0, vase with wide opening, line and dot decoration on neck and shoulder. (c) 8.5x9.0, urn shaped vase, opening is 3.5 diameter. Horizontal and vertical lines with dots form decoration on shoulder. Lip has short lines.
Subject
exploration
F. Sharples
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
110.02.1006 a-c
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