topic:"activity" found 13 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

Subject: figure; man; animal; dog; activity; cooking; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

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Harpooning a Walrus

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Artist: Isah Aviliaju

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AvI.04.01

Description: A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …

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Artist: Isah Aviliaju

Title: Harpooning a Walrus

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 43.5 x 61.0 cm

Description: A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”

Subject: activity; hunting; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: AvI.04.01

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Kayak out of Dog's Reach

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Artist: Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ArS.04.01

Description: Black positive image, kayak is turned upside down on three paddles, front and back. A dog is standing underneath. Three black shapes around kayak - left, top and right. In lower black shape are 4 Inuit letters. On back tlc ink stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec Canada 1962Syll…

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Artist: Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Kayak out of Dog's Reach

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 40.2 x 49.5 cm

Description: Black positive image, kayak is turned upside down on three paddles, front and back. A dog is standing underneath. Three black shapes around kayak - left, top and right. In lower black shape are 4 Inuit letters. On back tlc ink stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec Canada 1962Syllabics in image read “ᓴᔪᐃᓕ”. Bottom text reads “28/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑲᔭ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᒋᒪ ᑭᒥᓄ ??ᓂᔭᐅᕙᑐ. ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”

Subject: activity, hunting

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: ArS.04.01

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Mt. Assinaboine Trail

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper card

Catalogue Number: McR.05.09

Description: A skiier at right edge looks out over mountains to Mt. Assiniboine which is visible at the far left edge of the watercolour. Skiier stands on top of a rocky area. Skiier is brother of artist.

Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Assinaboine Trail

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper card

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.4 cm

Description: A skiier at right edge looks out over mountains to Mt. Assiniboine which is visible at the far left edge of the watercolour. Skiier stands on top of a rocky area. Skiier is brother of artist.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Assiniboine; activity; skiing

Credit: Gift of Ursula Welford, Thorold, 2003

Catalogue Number: McR.05.09

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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.06

Description: Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.5 x 48.6 cm

Description: Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; Vermilion Lakes; activity; canoeing

Credit: Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.06

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Seal Hunter

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Seal Hunter

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 52.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

Subject: figure, male; activity, hunting; animal, fish

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

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Sunshine Valley

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper card

Catalogue Number: McR.05.03

Description: Winter scene at Sunshine Valley. Snow-capped mountains are visible across the valley. A single skiier rests in the bottom left corner.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: Sunshine Valley

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper card

Dimensions: 25.5 x 34.9 cm

Description: Winter scene at Sunshine Valley. Snow-capped mountains are visible across the valley. A single skiier rests in the bottom left corner.