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Cowboys Figurine Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0095%20a-f
- 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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Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbgh.07.01
- 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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- 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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Eskimo Half Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactetu.06.01
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- EtU.06.01
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Georgia Engelhard
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfoe.02.01
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Subject
- figure
- female
- mythological
- sedna
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- JoU.06.01
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Moccasin Seller
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkrc.02.01
- 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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- 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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Bears and Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpia.04.01
- 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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- 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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- Artist
- Pootoogook
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- PoO.06.01
- Description
- Standing Inuit woman with child on her back, carved from one green stone, a fully clothed Inuit woman. Features carved in detail, hands in mitts turned upward as if carrying something.
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- Artist
- Pootoogook
- Title
- Inuit Woman
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Standing Inuit woman with child on her back, carved from one green stone, a fully clothed Inuit woman. Features carved in detail, hands in mitts turned upward as if carrying something.
- Subject
- figure, female
- child
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PoO.06.01
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Woman and Baby
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.80
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.80
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Woman and Baby
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 5.6 cm
- Description
- Grey green mottled stone. Inuit woman has a young child on her back. Both are dressed for winter. The woman has her hands together in front, she is bent foreward, her hair is parted in the middle with braids . The child has her head up and is looking to the left. Their features are carved.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.80
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Family Caribou Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.07
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.07
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