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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0112
- Description
- Hand- carved duck of oiled, reddish brown wood. Centre of eyes have been painted black, detailed carving throughout surface, especially neck and head. Stamps on bottom resemble "no 50" and "Jul" (July?). Heavily incised lines on wing and tail, with lighter delicate feather texture scratched over su…
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 4.7 x 8.2 cm
- Description
- Hand- carved duck of oiled, reddish brown wood. Centre of eyes have been painted black, detailed carving throughout surface, especially neck and head. Stamps on bottom resemble "no 50" and "Jul" (July?). Heavily incised lines on wing and tail, with lighter delicate feather texture scratched over surface of body. Webbed feet carved in relief clutching surface of rock shaped base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- carving
- animal
- bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0112
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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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Decorative Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0343%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0343 a,b
- Description
- (a) is circular, footed dish with mallard in flight over water, "3675 GH" written on bottom. (b) is square, footed dish with rounded corners and street scene in dish, "3439 RTX Koge" on bottom. Both dishes have stamp “Royal Copenhagen Denmark” on bottom, also blue waves.
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- Title
- Decorative Plate
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- (a) is circular, footed dish with mallard in flight over water, "3675 GH" written on bottom. (b) is square, footed dish with rounded corners and street scene in dish, "3439 RTX Koge" on bottom. Both dishes have stamp “Royal Copenhagen Denmark” on bottom, also blue waves.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- bird
- duck
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0343 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0192
- Description
- A tiny gold stickpin with stylized flying bird ? as head. Cutout shape of head is curvilinear. Shaft of pin bends closely at right angle just behind head. Gold plated ?
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- Title
- Stickpin
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 1.4 x 2.7 cm
- Description
- A tiny gold stickpin with stylized flying bird ? as head. Cutout shape of head is curvilinear. Shaft of pin bends closely at right angle just behind head. Gold plated ?
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- animal
- bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0192
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0738 a,b
- Description
- Two plain tumblers with rolled lip. Stamped on bottom "Alum-eli?"... Austria Reg'd and two-headed eagle.
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- Title
- Tumbler
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- Two plain tumblers with rolled lip. Stamped on bottom "Alum-eli?"... Austria Reg'd and two-headed eagle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0738 a,b
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