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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0173
Description
A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each co…
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Title
Belt
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
8.5 x 93.5 cm
Description
A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each containing a female dancing figure in very high relief. Figure has firm breasts and tiny waist, and is wearing draped bloomers and tall headdress. Scrolls and flowers form garland around figure. Smooth border around pebbly background surface, follows shape of buckle each side of buckle has bar soldered across back to attach belt. Velvet attached one side only with loose basting stitches around bar.
Subject
households
figure
female
religious
Hinduism
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0173
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
shell; wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0154 a,b
Description
Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to rep…
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Title
Miniature Figurine
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
shell; wood
Dimensions
6.4 x 3.1 x 4.0 cm
Description
Two figurines of women with long full ruffled skirts and bonnets made up completely of seashells. (a) skirt of limpet shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff, two small shells form puffed sleeves and another a muff. Facial features painted on a shell with texture of shell painted over to represent hair, face is cupped by another shell forming a bonnet. (b) skirt of limpet shells piled on one another and glued together. Small shells form puffed sleeves with wooden stick arms. Necklace painted on bodice shell, facial features and black curly hair painted on shell which is cupped by another forming a bonnet. Two shells for feet on underside of skirt.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0154 a,b
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Artist
Henry Ayn
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …
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Artist
Henry Ayn
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1925
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.
Subject
figure
female
animal
duck
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AyH.07.01
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Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

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Artist
Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)
Date
c. 1931
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
FuE.02.02
Description
An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.
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Artist
Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)
Title
Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore
Date
c. 1931
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
44.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
FuE.02.02
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Artist
Ruth Fulda
Date
c. 1930
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
FuR.05.01
Description
A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.
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Artist
Ruth Fulda
Title
Woman Climbing Path
Date
c. 1930
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 cm
Description
A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.
Subject
activity
summer
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
FuR.05.01
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Of Mildred to Mildred

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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Date
1928
Medium
oil pastel; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HaH.03.03
Description
Right profile of a young woman. Dark shading behind her face.
Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Title
Of Mildred to Mildred
Date
1928
Medium
oil pastel; graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Description
Right profile of a young woman. Dark shading behind her face.
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
HaH.03.03
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Artist
Phillip Leslie Hale (1865 – 1931, American)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HaP.03.01
Description
This drawing was purchased from the League of Boston Artists. Probably purchased by Mrs. Robb.
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Artist
Phillip Leslie Hale (1865 – 1931, American)
Title
Portrait
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
This drawing was purchased from the League of Boston Artists. Probably purchased by Mrs. Robb.
Subject
portrait, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaP.03.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

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Artist
Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)
Date
1925
Medium
oil pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
IaA.03.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.
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Artist
Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)
Title
Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman
Date
1925
Medium
oil pastel on paper
Dimensions
73.5 x 23.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
IaA.03.01
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Artist
Gottfried Kappen
Date
c. 1930
Catalogue Number
KaG.06.01
Description
The young lady is Heidi Lohr. Her husband commissioned the work around 1930. The artist Kappen fled East Germany before World War II.
Artist
Gottfried Kappen
Title
Young Lady
Date
c. 1930
Dimensions
42 x 17 x 23 cm
Description
The young lady is Heidi Lohr. Her husband commissioned the work around 1930. The artist Kappen fled East Germany before World War II.
Subject
bust
female
Heidi Lohr
Credit
Gift of Heidi Lohr, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
KaG.06.01
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top…
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Title
Moccasin Seller
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.3 x 21.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top. The sky is grey with a patch of blue in the upper left area.
Subject
figure, female
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
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