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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Dimensions
2.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
Subject
households
collectables
crafts
carving
animals, dragon
myths
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
wood, metal
Catalogue Number
107.01.0047
Description
A wooden box in the shape of a book, the cover of which is inlaid with a design of brass lines forming a border around the edge interspersed with quadrafoil shaped studs and an eight petalled flower form in the centre with a stud at each petal. This object may be hollow but seems unopenable.
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Title
Bric-A-Brac
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
wood, metal
Dimensions
13.0 x 3.0 cm
Description
A wooden box in the shape of a book, the cover of which is inlaid with a design of brass lines forming a border around the edge interspersed with quadrafoil shaped studs and an eight petalled flower form in the centre with a stud at each petal. This object may be hollow but seems unopenable.
Subject
households
crafts
carving
collectables
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0047
Images
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Date
1900 – 1906
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0017
Description
A small painted totem pole carved from wood with three stacked figures surmounted by a bald eagle on wire legs with outspread wings. The bottom is a black fish head with large green eyes, a human face inside its open mouth, and a pointed fin protruding from its back with grimacing faces painted on…
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Title
Totem Pole
Date
1900 – 1906
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
59.0 x 19.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
A small painted totem pole carved from wood with three stacked figures surmounted by a bald eagle on wire legs with outspread wings. The bottom is a black fish head with large green eyes, a human face inside its open mouth, and a pointed fin protruding from its back with grimacing faces painted on either side. Next, a blue monkey-like face grinning, standing on its hands with its body arched backwards and red feet, looking almost like bird heads, resting on the monkey’s head, with small green frogs on either side in the arch formed by the body. Next, a black outlined animal face with splayed cowrie shell teeth, two round nostrils, and green eyes at the top of its head. The eagle standing on top has a white head, black body, and feather texture painted on its wings. A hole is drilled in the bottom to fit over a dowel in the top of the newel post at the landing of the staircase in the living room. The totem can be turned on this dowel.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
carving
Indigenous
Philip Moore
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0017
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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