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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0020
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0020
- Description
- Simple stick figurine of a pack horse with a diamond hitch pack. Body formed from a small log, four nails serve as the legs, the 4cm. long neck is a nail bored through the head which is made from a twig section 3.5 x 1 cm. diam. Two eyes represented by two small nails, two ears are also two small…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 8.7 x 13.3 cm
- Description
- Simple stick figurine of a pack horse with a diamond hitch pack. Body formed from a small log, four nails serve as the legs, the 4cm. long neck is a nail bored through the head which is made from a twig section 3.5 x 1 cm. diam. Two eyes represented by two small nails, two ears are also two small nails. The bark from the twig has been shaved at the bottom of the head to suggest the muzzle, an indentation is cut into bottom of head to accommodate the string bridal. The string rein is attached to top of the bulging pack which is fastened with a triple diamond hitch. Two small blocks of wood pack boxes are nailed to the body, one on either side. These blocks are concealed by an unbleached cotton tarp, cotton is stuffed, and bulges unevenly over the securing string. Cinch is fashioned from a piece of insulated copper wire. Strand of thick string nailed to rear for tail. Abrand has been burned into left front: "M" ("M" standing on rocking arch).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- horse
- packers and guides
- diamond hitch
- Chuck Millar
- Mount Assiniboine
- Erling Strom
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0020
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Untitled [Pack Horse 1/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.06.21
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.21
- Description
- realistic rendering of standing brown/tan horse with gray pack on back secured with diamond hitch. “1/3” painted in dark maroon on right shoulder and pack
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- Title
- Untitled [Pack Horse 1/3]
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 12.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- realistic rendering of standing brown/tan horse with gray pack on back secured with diamond hitch. “1/3” painted in dark maroon on right shoulder and pack
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Boyd for Dorothy Boyce (Estate), Banff, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.21
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