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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0051
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Dimensions
- 103. cm
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- animal
- bear
- regalia
- accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Hunt
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Jump
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
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Ceremonial Rattle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.33.0018
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; feather; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0018
- Description
- Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained ye…
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- Title
- Ceremonial Rattle
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; feather; bone
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained yellow on front with picture of flying eagle, and green on back with drawing of dog's head. Bone at top painted around each nail head with a circle of black outlined in red and a green star at the centre. 'Neck' of buffalo painted with bands of red, black, yellow, green and brown. Three feathers tied in group attached around bottom of handle with a string of sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- animal
- buffalo
- bird
- eagle
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0018
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Indian Scout
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
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On the Way to Indian Days
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.020
- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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- Title
- On the Way to Indian Days
- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51.1 x 150.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
- Subject
- landscape
- figure
- group
- transportation
- animal
- horse
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0054%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood; skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0054 a,b
- Description
- Two quirts made in the same manner from smoothly carved sticks that have been stained reddish brown, with long buckskin lashes at the end, and beaded strap handle. Wide buckskin thong passes through hole cut in end of quirt and is doubled and tightly wrapped together with a narrow strip of leather.…
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- wood; skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 95.5 cm
- Description
- Two quirts made in the same manner from smoothly carved sticks that have been stained reddish brown, with long buckskin lashes at the end, and beaded strap handle. Wide buckskin thong passes through hole cut in end of quirt and is doubled and tightly wrapped together with a narrow strip of leather. Flat, beaded handle strap is split into two tongues at one end which end with two tin cone beads filled with orange feathers. (a) square with blue beads, long, plain, smoothly carved, squared stick. Handle beaded on brown leather in lazy stitch of blue seed beads with three white outlines of squares spaced evenly along. Tongues have white stripes. Strap stitched through hole in wood with buckskin thong. (b) round with white beads, round smooth baton with ring carved at top and in middle. Strap as (a) but white background with solid green and blue squares spaced along, and green and white checked tongues.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0054 a,b
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Rider Leading Packhorse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlej.02.05
- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.05
- Description
- Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of botto…
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Rider Leading Packhorse
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of bottom of picture. A horned skull is in bottom right of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.05
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