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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
Images
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1915 – 1930
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.24
Description
A ski jumper, dressed in knickers, sweater, hood, no gloves, is at the ready, knees slightly bent, arms outstretched; the skis have a flattened point. The skis are pointed downwards, center two thirds is on a sloped white base which is on a oval, painted wooden base. The wood is so painted to resem…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1930
Dimensions
48.5 x 36.0 x 33.5 cm
Description
A ski jumper, dressed in knickers, sweater, hood, no gloves, is at the ready, knees slightly bent, arms outstretched; the skis have a flattened point. The skis are pointed downwards, center two thirds is on a sloped white base which is on a oval, painted wooden base. The wood is so painted to resemble mahogany perhaps. The metal analysis was provided by Olive (Mrs. Charles) Bell.
Subject
figure, female
activity, skiing
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.24
Images
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.64
Description
Slender woman with prayer clasped hands; on x-marked pedestal; view from rear very simple curved silhouette and recessed carving on front of figure, with exception of face and arms; reddish wood stain. Gift to Catharine from her cousin, David Newbury of Concord, Mass. who was a student in Uganda, A…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Woman
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
34.7 x 4.8 x 5.3 cm
Description
Slender woman with prayer clasped hands; on x-marked pedestal; view from rear very simple curved silhouette and recessed carving on front of figure, with exception of face and arms; reddish wood stain. Gift to Catharine from her cousin, David Newbury of Concord, Mass. who was a student in Uganda, African Studies.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.64
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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