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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.12
Description
A young Balinese girl is squatting on the ground, facing to the right of the picture. She has a loosly tied scarf on her head, light blue kimono and brown pants.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Balinese Girl
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 34.5 cm
Description
A young Balinese girl is squatting on the ground, facing to the right of the picture. She has a loosly tied scarf on her head, light blue kimono and brown pants.
Subject
portrait
girl
child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.12
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.27
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
The Diving Board
Date
1931
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 14.2 cm
Subject
figure
child
girl
activity
swimming
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.27
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
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Profile of a Young Girl

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Profile of a Young Girl
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
Subject
portrait
child
girl
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
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“Starlight” Indian Papoose

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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.04.04
Description
A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of a young girl. The girl has tan skin and dark brown eyes with red lips. Her black hair is in two thick-braided pigtails with red ribbon on the ends. The background is green and white. The artist signature is in red in the bottom…
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
“Starlight” Indian Papoose
Date
n.d.
Medium
print on paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 32.5 cm
Description
A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of a young girl. The girl has tan skin and dark brown eyes with red lips. Her black hair is in two thick-braided pigtails with red ribbon on the ends. The background is green and white. The artist signature is in red in the bottom left hand corner and also written on the print in blue ink in the bottom rhc. Under the image along the bottom right edge is black text, “Copyright by N. deGrandmaison in Canada and United States and published by The Last Arrow Ltd.” Also under the image in the centre is the title in black print, “Starlight, Indian Papoose”. Au verso, there is grey print near the bottom rhc, “This print is No. “D” - 337 of a limited edition”.
Subject
portrait
Indigenous
girl
child
Nicolas de Grandmaison
Credit
Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
Catalogue Number
DgN.04.04
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.738
Description
Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I ha…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 10.0 cm
Description
Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I have some more sketches but they are all in my sketch book. Peter”
Subject
men
girl
child
Montreal
station
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.738
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Untitled (First Nations child)

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.04
Description
A portrait of a young Indigenous girl. It shows head and neck only, black hair in a braids; one braid hanging down the front on viewer’s right. She has dark skin, very pink cheeks and lips and is wearing a pink and blue top. Signed, between the end of the braid and mat, viewer’s right, printed with…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (First Nations child)
Date
1970
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 14.2 cm
Description
A portrait of a young Indigenous girl. It shows head and neck only, black hair in a braids; one braid hanging down the front on viewer’s right. She has dark skin, very pink cheeks and lips and is wearing a pink and blue top. Signed, between the end of the braid and mat, viewer’s right, printed with brown pastel “Christoffersen”.
Subject
portrait
child
girl
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Margaret Reid (Estate), 2008
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.04
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Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.10
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smalle…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled (Fishing and Hunting Scene)
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
50.0 x 78.9 cm
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. In the inside rectangular shape the scene is split in half with a brown stitched line. On the right side is two figures, one is spearing a fish and the other is fishing. Above the figures on the left is a caribou and just to the right is a smaller animal perhaps a dog. On the left side there is a figure on a sleigh being pulled by dogs. Beside the dog is another figure walking. Along the bottom of the left side there is a man, woman and a child looking at the fish that they caught with a spear. The upper left corner includes two caribou. All the figures and animals are made out of skin cut out shapes with the exception of one fish.
Subject
activity
fishing
hunting
figure
male
female
child
animal
fish
caribou
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.10
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