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Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from …

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Artist: Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)

Title: The New World

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 57.0 x 76.5 cm

Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from the front view. The images in the back can be seen threw the larger images in the foreground. In the cc the word Kripak is written in a pale light brown color.

Subject: figure; group; male; historical; internment camp; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Sophia Isajiw, Turlock, USA, 1996

Catalogue Number: IsS.04.01

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Parade

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Artist: Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DoT.02.01

Description: A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. T…

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Artist: Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)

Title: Parade

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. The man in the middle has a moustache and looks directly at the viewer. An image of a Bhuddist deity is visible in the dark behind the man on the left and the man in the middle.

Subject: figure; group; religious; Tibetan Bhuddism

Credit: Purchased from Tsering Dorjee, Lhasa, Tibet, 2001

Catalogue Number: DoT.02.01

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Sacrifice

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Title: Sacrifice

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 91.5 cm

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.

Subject: figure; group; historical; cultural; Indigenous; religious; Sundance Ceremony

Credit: Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

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Three Companeros

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Companeros

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 42.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.

Subject: animal; horses; landscape; forest; activity; trail riding; figure; group; female

Credit: Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

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