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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood, bamboo
Catalogue Number
104.33.0009
Description
Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of…
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Title
Anklung
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood, bamboo
Dimensions
39.0 x 4.2 x 25.2 cm
Description
Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of the frame is another hollow tube with two square holes at the top where the legs of suspended tubes attach.
Subject
households, music
hobbies
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0009
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Date
1940 – 1970
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
110.01.1052
Description
A lidded wooden box with brass hinges and closure. The box top is marked “BENSON & HEDGES B&H London - Montreal - New York” and “Beware of imitations” along with a coat of arms and “BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING.” The front of the box is marked “Invincibles de B. & H.” below the fro…
Title
Cigar Box
Date
1940 – 1970
Material
wood; metal
Description
A lidded wooden box with brass hinges and closure. The box top is marked “BENSON & HEDGES B&H London - Montreal - New York” and “Beware of imitations” along with a coat of arms and “BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING.” The front of the box is marked “Invincibles de B. & H.” below the front closure. The inside of the lid is marked similar to the outside, but also has a flower sticker and some crayon scribbling.
Subject
households
hobbies
crafts
sewing
Credit
Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
110.01.1052
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Fine Art Artist Assemblage

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Date
prior to 1965
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.39.1006 a-e
Description
An assemblage of painting materials used by A. C. Leighton. They include (a) watercolour palette box, black metal which opens flat with a hinged fitted lid. Inside are many colour slots and mixing spaces, a flip up slot allows the artist to hold the palette with his thumb through the hole. (b) …
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Title
Fine Art Artist Assemblage
Date
prior to 1965
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Description
An assemblage of painting materials used by A. C. Leighton. They include (a) watercolour palette box, black metal which opens flat with a hinged fitted lid. Inside are many colour slots and mixing spaces, a flip up slot allows the artist to hold the palette with his thumb through the hole. (b) cast metal canvas pliers (c,d) oil paint brushes, long wood handle, metal ferrule and hog's hair bristles (e) cotton rag with paint smears.
Subject
artist
A. C. Leighton
hobbies
painting
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
104.39.1006 a-e
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Date
1940 – 1970
Material
wood; metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.39.1010
Description
Portable wooden easel, stands 112.0 cm high when extended, collapsed is 51.6 cm. Brass fittings.
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Title
Painting Easel
Date
1940 – 1970
Material
wood; metal; fibre
Description
Portable wooden easel, stands 112.0 cm high when extended, collapsed is 51.6 cm. Brass fittings.
Subject
hobbies
painting
artists
Elizabeth Rummel
Credit
Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984
Catalogue Number
104.39.1010
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