topic:"figure" found 16 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Downhill Skier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.01

Description: A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Downhill Skier

Date: 1937

Dimensions: 29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.

Subject: figure; skier; activity; skiing

Credit: Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.01

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Feather Dance

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Artist: Beatien Yazz

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …

Artist: Beatien Yazz

Title: Feather Dance

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 76.4 cm

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.

Subject: figure; group; activity; dance; religious; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

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Going for Gold

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Artist: Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)

Date: 1985

Catalogue Number: OhH.06.02

Description: A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 th…

Artist: Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)

Title: Going for Gold

Date: 1985

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.7 cm

Description: A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 thick and ca. 21.0 diameter.

Subject: activity; winter; skiing; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Harry Francis O'Hanlon, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: OhH.06.02

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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.

Subject: figure; male; animal; polar bear; activity; hunting; group

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

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Ivory kayak scene

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Artist: Suitak

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: SuI.06.01

Description: The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figu…

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Artist: Suitak

Title: Ivory kayak scene

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 3.4 x 3.6 x 13.6 cm

Description: The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figure with a paddle in both hands ready for action. There is a ivory caribou swimming to the front and left of the kayak.

Subject: activity; hunting; figure; male; transportation; kayak; animal; caribou; swimming

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: SuI.06.01

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Making Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Making Camp

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 28.5 x 69.0 cm

Subject: landscape; activity; camp; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Man in kayak

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Artist: Kutoks

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: KuT.06.01 a-c

Description: The stone used in this piece is gray green in color. The kayak has a smooth finish and two bone spears (2.0 cm) tied to it along the length. In the kayak is a male figure wearing a parka with the hood up. The mans arms are outstretched in front and he is holding a paddle. The bone paddle is 16.5 cm…

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Artist: Kutoks

Title: Man in kayak

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 6.0 x 3.6 x 26.2 cm

Description: The stone used in this piece is gray green in color. The kayak has a smooth finish and two bone spears (2.0 cm) tied to it along the length. In the kayak is a male figure wearing a parka with the hood up. The mans arms are outstretched in front and he is holding a paddle. The bone paddle is 16.5 cm in length.

Subject: figure; male; transportation; kayak; activity; paddling

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: KuT.06.01 a-c

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Man with Fish

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.44 a,b

Description: green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in ha…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Man with Fish

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.8 cm

Description: green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in hand and fish.