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Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.03.20
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.20
- Description
- Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.
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- Title
- Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.4 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.20
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WsJ.04.01
- Description
- A rectangular shape dominates the top three-quarters of the picture, this shape has a solid face of printing. Behind the slab in the background is seen a blue sky, snowcapped mountains and a green forest. A scaffold with ladders is in front of the slab. The slab stands on a base which resembles til…
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- Title
- Exshaw
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular shape dominates the top three-quarters of the picture, this shape has a solid face of printing. Behind the slab in the background is seen a blue sky, snowcapped mountains and a green forest. A scaffold with ladders is in front of the slab. The slab stands on a base which resembles tile and is purple; a chain barrier on posts goes around the slab. Below this line are cartoons with descriptions of the machinery and materials; a point of interest framed sign is in the center bottom. The very bottom of the print has Exshaw Alberta in yellow on a grey background from edge to edge. Under print: Exshaw 4/15 Great Archeological Sites #9 John S. Will 78.
- Credit
- Gift of John Will, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- WsJ.04.01
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Inuit Family Scene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.19
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Inuit Family Scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 20.0 x 28.2 cm
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces are made of skin, with shaped noses and stitched features. The baby is bound in cotton. The mother, with her baby in her arms, is lying inside the igloo while the man is outside looking in at them. Outside of the igloo is a two coloured fur dog, pointed ears, and stitched features. A small woven basket with fur inside is in front of the dog. A pair of skin, fur and fibre muklaks lay outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
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Three Laplanders And A Dog
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthoa.07.01
- Artist
- Astri Riis Horvei
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoA.07.01
- Description
- Three Sami, one adult male, a male child and a female child, all in full traditional dress. The males have a three-pointed blue hat, a long blue tunic tied with a colourful belt, colourful trim on shoulders and arms, black leggings and yellow pointed-toe boots. The girl has a red hat, a flowered sc…
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- Artist
- Astri Riis Horvei
- Title
- Three Laplanders And A Dog
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 32.3 cm
- Description
- Three Sami, one adult male, a male child and a female child, all in full traditional dress. The males have a three-pointed blue hat, a long blue tunic tied with a colourful belt, colourful trim on shoulders and arms, black leggings and yellow pointed-toe boots. The girl has a red hat, a flowered scarf over her shoulders, a light blue decorated tunic, black leggings and yellow boots. A black dog, cut out of black paper, stands to the left of the picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HoA.07.01
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