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Date
1936 – 1936
Material
metal; fabric
Catalogue Number
105.02.0145
Description
A small white and blue ribbon attached to a brass bar with a straight pin at the back. The ribbon has an image of a mountain and the olympic rings and reads “ABFAHRTSLAUF fur DAMEN u HERREN”. The ribbon has a white fringe at the bottom. On the brass bar “IV OLYMP. WINTERSPIELE 1936 GARMISCH PARTENK…
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Title
Commemorative Ribbon
Date
1936 – 1936
Material
metal; fabric
Dimensions
6.0 x 3.5 cm
Description
A small white and blue ribbon attached to a brass bar with a straight pin at the back. The ribbon has an image of a mountain and the olympic rings and reads “ABFAHRTSLAUF fur DAMEN u HERREN”. The ribbon has a white fringe at the bottom. On the brass bar “IV OLYMP. WINTERSPIELE 1936 GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN”
Subject
Whyte home
sports
Olympics
winter olympics
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0145
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Date
1935 – 1965
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.0113 a-c
Description
Three pins representative of membership in the Banff Ski Runners. (a) shield shaped gold coloured metal with small gold skier in lower left against background of white enamelled mountains with blue sky above, and enamelled green trees lower right. Red banner diagonally across pin, "Banff Ski Runner…
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Title
Membership Pin
Date
1935 – 1965
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.0 x 0.8 x 2.0 cm
Description
Three pins representative of membership in the Banff Ski Runners. (a) shield shaped gold coloured metal with small gold skier in lower left against background of white enamelled mountains with blue sky above, and enamelled green trees lower right. Red banner diagonally across pin, "Banff Ski Runners" gold "B" at centre of sky. Vertical hinged pin fastened on back fastens into locking clasp at bottom. (b) as (a) but fastened on 7.0 x 5.8 cm square of white card with manufacturer's oval logo printed in blue at centre bottom. (c) rectangular, sealed in clear plastic bag, silver coloured with abstract, angular skiing figure posed against blue enamelled background, red maple leaf inside circle representing head, in red across bottom, "Banff Ski Runners". Pinned on 3.6 x 5.1 cm square of white card with logo printed as (b) plastic bag unopened.
Subject
Whyte home
sports
winter
skiing
Banff Ski Runners
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0113 a-c
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Date
1937 – 1937
Material
fabric
Catalogue Number
105.02.0140 a,b
Description
A pair of ribbons made from shiny red fabric. Both ribbons are printed with “MEMBER SKI RUNNERS BANFF 1937” and have rough edges.
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Title
Membership Ribbon
Date
1937 – 1937
Material
fabric
Dimensions
4.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
A pair of ribbons made from shiny red fabric. Both ribbons are printed with “MEMBER SKI RUNNERS BANFF 1937” and have rough edges.
Subject
Whyte home
skiing
sports
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0140 a,b
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Miniature Basket Collection

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Date
1930 – 1979
Material
wood; fibre; hair
Catalogue Number
107.01.0100 a-y
Description
A collection of twenty five miniature baskets. 8 baskets with wide flat ribs and wicker like weave. (a) 5.5 x 7.4 x 4.5, handled flower basket shape. (b) 7. x 6.5, plain round handled basket. (c) 3.5 x 4. as (b) but finer weave.. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but small…
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Title
Miniature Basket Collection
Date
1930 – 1979
Material
wood; fibre; hair
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.4 cm
Description
A collection of twenty five miniature baskets. 8 baskets with wide flat ribs and wicker like weave. (a) 5.5 x 7.4 x 4.5, handled flower basket shape. (b) 7. x 6.5, plain round handled basket. (c) 3.5 x 4. as (b) but finer weave.. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller still. (f) 2.5 x 2.5 - as (d) but very shallow. (g) 1. x 4. small shallow bowl with flaring sides. (h ) 1.5 x 2. tiny deep flaring sides with narrow base 1 basket with flat ribs and very fine wicker-type weaving. (i) 6. x 7. purple and green bands woven around gently flaring sides. Natural coloured ribs split at rim and loosely braided in wide band around rim, twisted handle. 3 baskets of dyed weft simply woven over flat ribs. (j) 7. x 2. jar shape with purple, natural and green band, braided rim, and tall loop handle. (k) 2. x 2.5 tiny straight sided with alternating purple and natural coloured ribs forming vertical stripes and notched rim. (l) 3. 5 x 2. x 2. small square basket with handle and purple ribs with weft dyed red on outside. 2 twined baskets (m) 3. x 2.5 tiny round basket with handle, closely twined natural coloured weft green dyed curled points at rim, square base. (n) 3.5 x 7. small finely worked open basket with twill design formed on sides of natural and reddish weft, rim wrapped in natural colour with delicate zig-zag pattern around. 3 coiled baskets. (o) 4.5 x 6.5 straight sided open basket with each stitch wrapping two coils, design of red triangles ,four, with red band at top and bottom on natural coloured background. (p) 7. x 3. tall cylindrical basket with tall loop handle, wide band of coils at centre have been worked in more open weaving by knotting around each stitch between the coils. (q) 4.5 x 5. shallow flared bowl with handle with coils stitched together and wrapped, looped rim. 2 twined baskets with imbricated design. (r) 9.5 x 5. simply twined bucket with tall loop handle, natural colour with red and purple parallelograms worked in two bands and green band at rim, braided handle. (s) 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 very tiny oblong basket with braided string handle, Makah "bird-cage" stitch,natural colour with finely worked U.S. flag and "V" on one side, (red & blue . 3 very delicate baskets with hair like ribs and horsehair ? weft. (t) 1.5 x 4.5 straight sided open basket with translucent hair weft and two thin red bands, ribs form loops at rim each wrapped with a coil of hair like black fibre. (u) 2.5 x 3.5 small flared basket with small base and twisted handle, translucent hair weft alternating with red bands. (v) 2. x 2.5 as (u) but brown bands. 3 odd baskets. (w) 5.5 x 6.5 East-Asian type basket with extra exterior ribs added forming square base, diagonal weft at bottom over flat ribs with band of closely woven wicker type weft at top and wooden rings supporting round opening at top. (x) 5. x 5. shallow round bottomed basket with sturdy handle, rib structure radiates fan like from the bottoms of the handle to form the basket with the weft running from side to side across, rather than around, sturdy hoop at rim fastened at right angles to hoop forming handle.(y) 9.5 x 7.5 x 4. tall oblong basket with loop handle on either side , openwork sides bound together with three rows of twined stitching, band at base and top thickly closely twined.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
miniatures
craft
weaving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0100 a-y
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Date
1930 – 1975
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
107.01.0147 a-e
Description
A collection of five miniature hats made by the same methods, and of the same materials, as larger hats. (a) woven hat with high crown and wide brim, palm ? with the ends of each piece used in weaving forming a stiff diagonal fringe around the edge of the brim, Panama. (b) h 3.5 x 7.5 d, woven hat…
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Title
Miniature Hat Collection
Date
1930 – 1975
Material
fibre
Dimensions
4.0 cm
Description
A collection of five miniature hats made by the same methods, and of the same materials, as larger hats. (a) woven hat with high crown and wide brim, palm ? with the ends of each piece used in weaving forming a stiff diagonal fringe around the edge of the brim, Panama. (b) h 3.5 x 7.5 d, woven hat with high crown and wide upturned brim trimmed around brim and in X-shape on top of crown with green cord stitching, lattice weave of palm ? Panama. (c) h 2.5 x 5.5 d, flat high crown sloping down and flaring out to brim, overlapping flat pieces of split bamboo ? radiating from the centre of crown are bent and stitched to shape supported at the rim by loop of bamboo ? lined with stiff brown paper. Inner woven basket crown to fit head, Thailand. (d) h 3.5 x 7. d high pointed crown with wide brim, woven of black and white horsehair ? over delicate structure of hair fine ribs for forming loops at edge of rim, structure easily seen through weaving. (e) h 1.7 x 3.5 d, very tiny hat with pointed crown and upturned brim, woven of black, white and orange horsehair ? over flat ribs radiating from crown and bent up at rim, structure easily seen under weft.
Subject
Whyte home
households
miniatures
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0147 a-e
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Miniature House Collection

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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; glass
Catalogue Number
107.01.0155 a-c
Description
A collection of three miniature Swiss chalets in varying degrees of details. (a) very detailed and delicate three storied chalet with green shuttered windows paned with mirrors across front. Ornately carved balcony across at second storey, and balcony at first storey with staircase at either side l…
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Title
Miniature House Collection
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; glass
Dimensions
8.4 x 10.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A collection of three miniature Swiss chalets in varying degrees of details. (a) very detailed and delicate three storied chalet with green shuttered windows paned with mirrors across front. Ornately carved balcony across at second storey, and balcony at first storey with staircase at either side leading to platform base, two lengths of picket fence stand in front, one missing, slanted roof covered with small U-shaped wooden blocks. Roof lifts on hinges to reveal small open box inside lined with purple paper, containing silver ice axe pin and carved wood purple gentian pin. (b) 6.4hx8.6wx6.8d, simply carved dark brown wooden log structure chalet with suggestion of shallow shed on right side, slanted roof covered with four small wooden blocks. Slot carved through roof parallel to ridgepole allows chalet to be used as bank, coins are released from under shed at side. (c) 2.4h, very tiny simple chalet of two storeys with lower smaller then upper, balcony across front and window with green shutters. Window panes represented by a piece of netting backed with a mirror, simple representation of staircase on right side, three small round black circles on roof.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
miniatures
buildings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0155 a-c
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Date
1936 – 1972
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.0121 a,b
Description
Two small pins commemorating the 1972 Olympic Games. (a) linked circles, a cutout of five linked circles, each enamelled a different colour, at the top from left are blue, black, red, at bottom, yellow and green. Back has small horizontal safety pin clasp. (b) rectangular, silver coloured backgrou…
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Title
Olympic Pin
Date
1936 – 1972
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.1 x 0.8 x 2.2 cm
Description
Two small pins commemorating the 1972 Olympic Games. (a) linked circles, a cutout of five linked circles, each enamelled a different colour, at the top from left are blue, black, red, at bottom, yellow and green. Back has small horizontal safety pin clasp. (b) rectangular, silver coloured background with red enamelled circle at top on white background, white snowflakes in middle on silver background, and five linked Olympic circles in silver on white background at bottom with "SAPPORO" beneath. Safety pin clasp on back vertically attached loosely through long metal sleeve tube.
Subject
Whyte home
sports
winter
Olympic Games
Garmisch
Sapporo
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0121 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0095 a,b
Description
Two pins containing the motif of skis. ( a) single ski - long, thin, silver representation of single jumping ski, foot platform flat, with sides of ski bevelled in front and in back of platform. Tip turned up with small knob at end. Long hinged pin the full length of the back fastens under a book c…
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Title
Scatter Pin
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal
Dimensions
0.5 x 0.5 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two pins containing the motif of skis. ( a) single ski - long, thin, silver representation of single jumping ski, foot platform flat, with sides of ski bevelled in front and in back of platform. Tip turned up with small knob at end. Long hinged pin the full length of the back fastens under a book clasp. Stamped under tail of ski: “800 JK”. (b) maple leaf with skis - silver representation of maple leaf with edges slightly curling, and veins etched into leaf. A pair of gold coloured skis with cable bindings lay diagonally across leaf. Hinged pin horizontally across back fastens into locking clasp. Stamped on back near stem: “sterling/ Em. Co.”
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
skiing
sports
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0095 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0191
Description
Circular basketry box with lid. Brown fibre over natural (pale) frame. Some loose caning on selvages of lid. Flat base in beige, walls of brown with black, horizontal accent line in mid-wall and on wall of lid. Loose lattice weave.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
7.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
Circular basketry box with lid. Brown fibre over natural (pale) frame. Some loose caning on selvages of lid. Flat base in beige, walls of brown with black, horizontal accent line in mid-wall and on wall of lid. Loose lattice weave.
Subject
Whyte home
households
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0191
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
ceramic; wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0101
Description
A finely painted figurine of an elegantly dressed, standing Japanese woman, made of bisqued clay, she is glued to a black painted square pedestal of wood. She is on gatas, an orange skirt, and a white flowered kimono which is red principally, and hanging down her back a white panel with rose, blue…
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Title
Woman Figurine
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
ceramic; wood
Dimensions
15.0 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Description
A finely painted figurine of an elegantly dressed, standing Japanese woman, made of bisqued clay, she is glued to a black painted square pedestal of wood. She is on gatas, an orange skirt, and a white flowered kimono which is red principally, and hanging down her back a white panel with rose, blue and silver patterns. On her head a bandeau of red, gold rose and green, face also finely done in pale pink white, molded nose, painted eyes, brows, and lips. The object was probably slip cast, bisque fired, and hand painted.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
miniatures
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0101
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