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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0019
- Description
- An Indigenous doll wearing simple buckskin dress with large floral design of blue leaves with orange glass centres beaded across chest and back. Horsehair stitched to head gathered at each side, with a single buckskin thong looped across back of head, simple notched headband, and beaded features of…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 7.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- An Indigenous doll wearing simple buckskin dress with large floral design of blue leaves with orange glass centres beaded across chest and back. Horsehair stitched to head gathered at each side, with a single buckskin thong looped across back of head, simple notched headband, and beaded features of blue eyes and red mouth, with black bead nostrils. Buckskin moccasins with flap at heel and short buckskin leggings sewn to body. Underbody of firmly stuffed red fabric, hands stitched to side of body.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- figure
- female
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0019
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0020
- Description
- A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across fro…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 7.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across front and back, and simple leggings fringed at the sides. Plain moccasins sewn on to feet, and hands separate from arms sewn to bottoms of sleeves and cut out in shape of fingers and thumbs. Stuffed underbody of white fabric with printed blue sailboats.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- figure
- male
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0020
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Nesting Doll Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0023%20a-h
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0023 a-h
- Description
- A set of eight lathe turned dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, with the largest doll most ornately decorated and holding all the others. (a) 15.0 x 6.7 odia. slightly rounded cylinder shape narrowing to tall domed head. Brightly painted to represent white beard…
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- Title
- Nesting Doll Set
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Description
- A set of eight lathe turned dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, with the largest doll most ornately decorated and holding all the others. (a) 15.0 x 6.7 odia. slightly rounded cylinder shape narrowing to tall domed head. Brightly painted to represent white bearded Eastern Orthodox priest with robes of blue and red trimmed and patterned with gold, tall domed hat on head with chisel mark texture, features and details of robes defined with incised lines. Marks: on base, "Made in Russia", "A3 g", "1.75" (b) 9.0 x 3.9 odia more simply decorated, unbearded figure wearing plain orange and yellow robes and blue hood with gold mitre on head, gold placket from chin to foot with white dots. Marks: on base, "g" (c) 6.3 x 2.9 odia, simply decorated, unbearded figure wearing orange robe with blue panel decorated with gold at front, black hat with gold band across forehead and gold vertical stripe above, yellow ear like shapes at each side of face. Marks: on base, "g" Note: base cracked in half vertically and glued back together. (d) 4.8 x 2.0 odia, simply decorated, unbearded figure, with orange and yellow robes, and blue hood, gold mitre on head and narrow gold panel down front of robes, similar to (b) Marks: on base, "g" (e) 3.3 x 1.4 odia, similar to (c) with blue robes and yellow panel down front, orange ear like shapes. Marks: on base, "g" (f) 2.1 x 1.0odia, very simple figure with orange robes and hood, gold mitre on head and gold panel down front of robes. Marks: on base, "g" Similar to (d). (g) 1.4 x .7 odia, tiny, completely undecorated, yellow dyed piece the same shape as the rest, hollow. (h) .8 x .5 odia, tiny, solid piece of same shape, dyed orange.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0023 a-h
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0024
- Description
- A papoose in a mossbag. Head formed from circular piece of buckskin beaded with simple features, sewn around the edge, with piece of buckskin forming tall peaked cap which has a strip of blue beads down the back seam, three wisps of green beads tipped in white at the point, and gold glass beads out…
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- Title
- Papoose Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 8.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A papoose in a mossbag. Head formed from circular piece of buckskin beaded with simple features, sewn around the edge, with piece of buckskin forming tall peaked cap which has a strip of blue beads down the back seam, three wisps of green beads tipped in white at the point, and gold glass beads outlining the face. Body of printed cotton flannel, bag flap folded down at back to cover firmly stuffed pillow on which doll lies. Separate large notch edged collar with scattered green and purple glass beads is placed behind doll. Moss bag of buckskin has four beaded elongated diamond shapes along either side, and is tightly laced across buckskin lined opening at front.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0024
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; wood; glass; hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0025
- Description
- A large papoose doll in buckskin mossbag. Head is carved from a block of wood with black bead pupils set in white wax eyes, painted eyelashes and brows, and red lips. A toupee of long dark brown horse hair is glued to head beneath buckskin bonnet which is trimmed with white fur and tied under chin.…
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- Title
- Papoose Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; wood; glass; hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 12.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A large papoose doll in buckskin mossbag. Head is carved from a block of wood with black bead pupils set in white wax eyes, painted eyelashes and brows, and red lips. A toupee of long dark brown horse hair is glued to head beneath buckskin bonnet which is trimmed with white fur and tied under chin. Body of stuffed blue twill fabric. Buckskin mossbag is fringed across shoulders at back, and at bottom, and trimmed with white fur. Along each side is a large red beaded flower with blue and green leaves and stem. Bag is tightly laced across front opening with piece of buckskin beneath opening.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0025
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0026 a-e
- Description
- A set of five small dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, each separates in half with the top fitting over a small wooden lip on the base. Loosely sketched facial features on each with brightly painted robes. (a) male figure with tall bald domed head and a fringe o…
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- Title
- Nesting Doll
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.6 cm
- Description
- A set of five small dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, each separates in half with the top fitting over a small wooden lip on the base. Loosely sketched facial features on each with brightly painted robes. (a) male figure with tall bald domed head and a fringe of hair at neck and sparse beard, facial contours accented with pink. Wearing green flowered kimono with yellow sash tie at back, small red footed base with black slippers Marks: on base, "PP" (b) 2.3 x 1.5, squatter figure with flat base depicting man with fringe of hair at neck, and fat bare belly, holding yellow fan, facial and belly contours accented with pink, wearing red flowered robe (c) 1.7 x 1.1, as (b) above. Smiling man wearing green robe and holding sack over one shoulder and yellow mallet in hand, pink skull cap on head (d) 1.1 x .7, nearly round with flat base. Small figure with thin mustache wearing yellow and pink robes and green skull cap, holding what might be a sword in his hand (e) .6 x .5, solid, nearly round piece with simple face drawn on top with thick black hair, wearing red robe.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Japanese
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0026 a-e
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Kewpie Doll Collection
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic; fibre; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0027 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four Kewpie dolls, one of china and three celluloid, dressed in full skirted dresses and bonnets with ruffled brims. All dolls traditional Kewpie figures of chubby cherubs with smiling faces and painted eyes looking to one side, and small light coloured top knot of a pointed curl at…
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- Title
- Kewpie Doll Collection
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic; fibre; plastic
- Dimensions
- 11.5 cm
- Description
- A collection of four Kewpie dolls, one of china and three celluloid, dressed in full skirted dresses and bonnets with ruffled brims. All dolls traditional Kewpie figures of chubby cherubs with smiling faces and painted eyes looking to one side, and small light coloured top knot of a pointed curl at top of head. Moveable arms connected by cord through body of doll, small blue wings on either side of neck. (a) china doll with painted features and tiny blue wing like protrusions at each side of neck, wearing full dress of two layers of purple pink tulle ruffles, and matching white silk bonnet lined with purple pink under brim and a wreath of flowers around crown. Marks: carved on bottom of feet, "O'Neill". (b) celluloid doll with painted features, wearing full yellow dress of satin with satin roses at each shoulder, and matching white silk bonnet lined with yellow under brim, with a wreath of yellow flowers and yellow bow at crown. Marks: patent number stamped on soles of feet. (c) celluloid doll as (b) wearing full dress of pink net over underskirt of white with pink ribbon trim at hem, and pink silk bonnet with net crown surrounded by a wreath of pink flowers. Marks: on soles of feet, patent number, heart shaped paper sticker on stomach, "Kewpie Red. U.S. Pat Off." (d) celluloid doll as (b) wearing pleated pastel green skirt embroidered with delicate flower springs and finished at the hem with embroidered scallop shapes. Pleated red velvet cape with three tiers of ruffles, lined with white satin, and having gold cord tie at neck, matching red velvet pleated bonnet. Marks: on soles of feet, patent number.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0027 a-d
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Clothing Accessory, Doll
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0028%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1910 – 1918
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0028 a,b
- Description
- (a) is possibly heavily starched linen fabric hat, made in a simple dome with a 3 cm. band, cut but not hemmed at the edges and decorated with a pink plaid satin ribbon which forms a band around hat, tucked down at one side and gathered into a "bow" at the other. (b) is a basketry straw hat woven …
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- Title
- Clothing Accessory, Doll
- Date
- 1910 – 1918
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 17.0 cm
- Description
- (a) is possibly heavily starched linen fabric hat, made in a simple dome with a 3 cm. band, cut but not hemmed at the edges and decorated with a pink plaid satin ribbon which forms a band around hat, tucked down at one side and gathered into a "bow" at the other. (b) is a basketry straw hat woven in a twill fashion with sombrero edge, a blue satin ribbon as band decorated with two blue glass buttons at the front and flowers made of cloth in white and pink at the back. Ribbon ends hanging down as tails behind, and hat is lined with cream satin. Commercially manufactured.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0028 a,b
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Kewpie Doll Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0029%20a-j
- Date
- 1913 – 1918
- Material
- plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0029 a-j
- Description
- A collection of ten tiny Kewpie dolls of celluloid, all traditional Kewpie figures of chubby cherubs standing with arms held out at the sides. Small blue wings at back of the neck, and pointed curl at top of head. Features painted with smiling mouth and eyes looking to one side. (a) unclothed figu…
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- Title
- Kewpie Doll Collection
- Date
- 1913 – 1918
- Material
- plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- A collection of ten tiny Kewpie dolls of celluloid, all traditional Kewpie figures of chubby cherubs standing with arms held out at the sides. Small blue wings at back of the neck, and pointed curl at top of head. Features painted with smiling mouth and eyes looking to one side. (a) unclothed figure (3.5 cm x 6.2 cm) holding red flower tied to wrist, and wearing light green Dutch girl's cap, bodily contours accented with a blush of pink, eyes looking to the right (b,c) unclothed figures (3.2 cm x 5.5 cm) with eyes looking left (d-g) unclothed figures (3.2 cm x 5.5 cm) with eyes looking right (h-j) figures (3.2 cm x 5.5 cm) wearing ruffle dresses, one white, one pink, one green, two extra dresses, one yellow, one white kidskin trimmed in green.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- playthings
- children
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0029 a-j
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Vanity Set Accessory, Doll
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0030%20a-r
- Date
- 1910 – 1918
- Material
- paper; metal; glass; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0030 a-r
- Description
- A collection of doll paraphernalia, mostly, but not all, toiletry articles. (a) a card based, basketry sided, triangular tray, 12.5 cm on side x 2 cm. high. (b) tortoise shell comb with silver plated spine, 9.5 x 2.2. (c) a vanity mirror, silver plated handle and backing, decorated with deep reli…
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- Title
- Vanity Set Accessory, Doll
- Date
- 1910 – 1918
- Material
- paper; metal; glass; plastic
- Description
- A collection of doll paraphernalia, mostly, but not all, toiletry articles. (a) a card based, basketry sided, triangular tray, 12.5 cm on side x 2 cm. high. (b) tortoise shell comb with silver plated spine, 9.5 x 2.2. (c) a vanity mirror, silver plated handle and backing, decorated with deep relief stamped brass which has been plated, 10.4 x 5.2. (d) a hair brush, matches c, with similar silver plate relief and wooden spine for bristles, 10.7 x 3.5 x 2.5. (e) ivory cuticle stick, 6.5 x 0.6. (f) plastic comb, 8.0 x 2.0; (g) plastic, bristled toothbrush, 5 x 1 x 1.3; (h) handless hair brush, matches (f) in design, pink flower decorations, 6.8 x 1.5 x 1.6. (i) nail buffer of plastic and leather, cream coloured, 4.7 x 1.5 . (j) tortoiseshell hair comb, two tined, crown shaped handle, 6.2 x 2.5. (k) tortoiseshell hair comb, two tined, squared off handle, 5.7 x 1.5 (l) metal hair comb, three tined, twisted metal crown in semi-circle, 3.3 x 3.2. (m) flat mirror, oval shaped, flower, rose, decorated back, 5 x 3.7. (n) puff box with puff, 2.5 dia. x 1.4 h., decorated with rose motif, puff in box of cotton with ring and ribbon, lower part of box is cracked. (o) brass mesh lady's evening bag with brass top brackets, closeable, and swag handle, two imitation coins inside the bag, 3 x 5.5. (p) leather tubular box with flap top snap held, may have had another purpose, but appropriated for (q and r) two pair of doll's spectacles, virtually identical, yellow circular lenses, granny glass like, with tortoiseshell frames and ear pieces, 7.5 x 2.3.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0030 a-r
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