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Cowboys Figurine Set

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Date: 1945 – 1955

Material: wood; paper; metal; fibre

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0095 a-f

Description: Six cowboy and cowgirl figurines made of pipe cleaners, each on a separate pedestal of card, three on discs and three on rectangles, the rectangle base figurines having corrugated cardboard corral sections as well. (a) a cowgirl in red boots, red cotton skirt, white jacket and hat, tossing a string…

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Title: Cowboys Figurine Set

Date: 1945 – 1955

Material: wood; paper; metal; fibre

Dimensions: 10.5 x 5.0 x 10.2 cm

Description: Six cowboy and cowgirl figurines made of pipe cleaners, each on a separate pedestal of card, three on discs and three on rectangles, the rectangle base figurines having corrugated cardboard corral sections as well. (a) a cowgirl in red boots, red cotton skirt, white jacket and hat, tossing a string lariat. (b) a rust coloured cowboy with black hat, carrying a saddle. (c) a brown suited cowboy with yellow boots and hat, sixgun of foil slung on waist, tossing a lariat (a,b,c on round bases). (d) cowgirl sitting on rail, dressed in white and blue, blue sun hat, grey boots. (e) cowboy sitting on rail, green clothes, grey boots, green Stetson, sixgun at waist, taking aim with imaginary rifle. (f) cowboy leaning against fence, dressed in grey, white boots and hat, sixgun of foil, and a lariat looped over the far end of the rail.

Subject: Whyte home; households; decorative; miniatures; figure; male; female

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0095 a-f

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Bears and Woman

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Artist: Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: PiA.04.01

Description: engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop …

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Artist: Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)

Title: Bears and Woman

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 45.3 cm

Description: engraved images of a woman in long tailed parka faces to the left, arms outstretched; she is facing two bears one is standing and showing teeth. 2.8 dia. embossed circle in br.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”Back reads “#270 DOR/FG 1962-49”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.

Subject: animal; bear; figure; female; mythological; transformation

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: PiA.04.01

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Vision of Adeline Link, Trail to Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.291

Description: A woman in a white dress (with no facial features) stands in a path in the lower left corner. A green forest surrounds her. In the distance is the underpainting of a large mountain. Medium blue has been used to indicate shaded areas. Grey and washes of the same blue, define sunlit slopes. The sky i…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Vision of Adeline Link, Trail to Lake O'Hara

Date: 1947 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: A woman in a white dress (with no facial features) stands in a path in the lower left corner. A green forest surrounds her. In the distance is the underpainting of a large mountain. Medium blue has been used to indicate shaded areas. Grey and washes of the same blue, define sunlit slopes. The sky is a wash of light blue, while a white cloud extends upwards from the mountain's peak.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; figure, female

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.291

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Vision of Adeline Link, Trail to Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.292

Description: Similar to WyC.01.291. The figure of a tall woman stands in the right foreground. She has been outlined in pencil, and her dress painted light yellow (with some white highlights, and shadows of grey). The woman's face, hands and feet have not been painted in. The woman stands in the middle of a tan…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Vision of Adeline Link, Trail to Lake O'Hara

Date: 1947 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Similar to WyC.01.291. The figure of a tall woman stands in the right foreground. She has been outlined in pencil, and her dress painted light yellow (with some white highlights, and shadows of grey). The woman's face, hands and feet have not been painted in. The woman stands in the middle of a tan path, which extends from the lower right corner and disappears into the forest behind the figure. The peak of the large mountain in the background is located directly above the woman's head. The mountain had shaded areas of medium blue and its sunlit slopes are tan (with white areas of snow). The sky is light blue. A light yellow cloud floats above the mountain's summit (the cloud dissipates as it extends towards the left side of the picture).Tom Link 1945/46 had the vision of her.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; figure, female

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.292

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Georgia Engelhard

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Artist: Edward Forn

Date: 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: FoE.02.01

Description: A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, …

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Artist: Edward Forn

Title: Georgia Engelhard

Date: 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 81.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, the background top quarter is a cloudy sky, centre a range of mountains (Mount Assiniboine), a line of green and yellow trees, the bottom of the picture behind the lady is a lake

Subject: portrait; female; Georgia Engelhard

Credit: Gift of Eaton Cromwell, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1988

Catalogue Number: FoE.02.01

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Eskimo Half Woman

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Artist: Etungat

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: EtU.06.01

Description: Light green mottled stone. Portrait of a woman from the hips up, arms folded in front, parka hood off her head, face turned slightly upwards, long hair parted in the middle sweeps into two long braids that come together with an adornment. The stone has dark spots overall and light green shades th…

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Artist: Etungat

Title: Eskimo Half Woman

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 15.2 x 13.0 cm

Description: Light green mottled stone. Portrait of a woman from the hips up, arms folded in front, parka hood off her head, face turned slightly upwards, long hair parted in the middle sweeps into two long braids that come together with an adornment. The stone has dark spots overall and light green shades throughout.

Subject: portrait; female; parka

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: EtU.06.01

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Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post

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Artist: Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: BgH.07.01

Description: Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.

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Artist: Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)

Title: Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post

Date: c. 1950

Medium: gouache on paper

Dimensions: 27.6 x 31.1 cm

Description: Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.

Subject: figure, female; Indigenous; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BgH.07.01

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Mermaid

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Artist: Joshua Nappatu Qaqutu (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: JoU.06.01

Description: Dark green stone, flat one side. Mermaid in a sitting position, facing left. Long hair, parted in the middle flows down her back to the right. Carved and incised features, breasts, hands, ear and fin. She appears old and unhappy.

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Artist: Joshua Nappatu Qaqutu (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Mermaid

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 2.6 x 4.6 cm

Description: Dark green stone, flat one side. Mermaid in a sitting position, facing left. Long hair, parted in the middle flows down her back to the right. Carved and incised features, breasts, hands, ear and fin. She appears old and unhappy.