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Date
1940 – 1975
Material
bark
Catalogue Number
108.05.0013 a,b
Description
A pair of simple horses crudely carved from a thickness of layered bark. (a) Fairly well proportioned horse carved in outline with body rounded at edges, short tail slightly carved to shape, head shaped a little to present detail of two ears. (b) Stylized elongated horse carved in outline and cur…
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Title
Horse Toy, Animal
Date
1940 – 1975
Material
bark
Dimensions
6.4 x 1.4 x 11.4 cm
Description
A pair of simple horses crudely carved from a thickness of layered bark. (a) Fairly well proportioned horse carved in outline with body rounded at edges, short tail slightly carved to shape, head shaped a little to present detail of two ears. (b) Stylized elongated horse carved in outline and curved at edges of body. Long arched neck, head has evidence of single ear, other broken off. Stump of tail remaining. Note: layers of bark dry and splitting (b) bark layers curled and complete sections broken away on front legs, hind feet, neck, and nose.
Subject
Indigenous
playthings
children
animal, horse
Archie Daniels
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.05.0013 a,b
Images
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Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post

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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Title
Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
27.6 x 31.1 cm
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
Subject
figure, female
Indigenous
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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