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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- bronze; copper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.71
- Description
- Cast house fly, detailed casting includes six legs, head, wings, thorax, detailed underside and topside; black patina; legs of copper and possibly affixed separately; left wing has two small pieces broken off (.5 x .2, .3 x .1 cm. pieces).
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- Title
- House Fly
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- bronze; copper
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 3.3 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Cast house fly, detailed casting includes six legs, head, wings, thorax, detailed underside and topside; black patina; legs of copper and possibly affixed separately; left wing has two small pieces broken off (.5 x .2, .3 x .1 cm. pieces).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.71
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Insect Repellent Bottle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact110.01.0257
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0257
- Description
- Straight ovular green frosted glass bottle with curved ridges on either side and black twist cap. Green label reads: “STA-WAY; INSECT REPELLENT Lotion; PREVENTS INSECT BITES...PLEASANT ODOUR...FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY...CANADIAN NATIONAL CARBON CO.; LIMITED; TORONTO...”.
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- Title
- Insect Repellent Bottle
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass, plastic
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 5.7 cm
- Description
- Straight ovular green frosted glass bottle with curved ridges on either side and black twist cap. Green label reads: “STA-WAY; INSECT REPELLENT Lotion; PREVENTS INSECT BITES...PLEASANT ODOUR...FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY...CANADIAN NATIONAL CARBON CO.; LIMITED; TORONTO...”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0257
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Insect Sculpture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0044%20a-g
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0044 a-g
- Description
- 7 insect sculptures. 5 are made of metal and fabric and 2 are made of metal and wicker. (a) insect with 6 legs and 2 wings. The body is made of fabric and the legs are metal covered in fabric. The wings are metal frames with thin fabric stretched over them. The fabric has detached from the metal fr…
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- Title
- Insect Sculpture
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric; wood
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- 7 insect sculptures. 5 are made of metal and fabric and 2 are made of metal and wicker. (a) insect with 6 legs and 2 wings. The body is made of fabric and the legs are metal covered in fabric. The wings are metal frames with thin fabric stretched over them. The fabric has detached from the metal frame on the left wing. The body has a brown and blue design on the top and a white underside.(b) insect with 6 legs and 2 wings. (1.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 5.4 cm). The body is made of fabric and the legs are metal covered in fabric. The wings are metal frames with thin fabric stretched over them. The body has an orange and brown design and a (c) grasshopper (3.5 cm x 8.1 cm x 2.6 cm) with 6 legs and 2 wings. The back 2 legs are much bigger than the front legs. The body is made of blue and white fabric and the legs are metal covered in fabric. The wings are metal frames with thin fabric stretched over them. There is 1 front antennae (d) moth (1.1 cm x 3.0 cm x 1.9 cm) made of metal with fabric covering the front of the body. The insect has 6 metal legs and two metal wings that are painted white with black spots.(e) spider (1.0 cm x 2.6 cm x 1.6 cm) made of metal. The spider has 8 legs and a painted metal body.(f) grasshopper (2.4 cm x 5.2 cm x 1.5 cm) made of wicker and metal. The grasshopper has 6 legs (the back 2 are much larger than the front legs) and 2 wings. (g) moth (0.7 cm x 2.8 cm x 1.3 cm) made of wicker and metal. The moth has 6 legs and 2 wings.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0044 a-g
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Untitled [Grasshopper and Bee]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbaq.05.01
- Artist
- Qi Baishi
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paint
- Catalogue Number
- BaQ.05.01
- Description
- Long yellow/green leaves come out from top left and droop towards bottom, there is a bunch of seeds coming from the stem. A brown grasshopper is on one leaf, a brown bee is in the left foreground.
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- Title
- Untitled [Grasshopper and Bee]
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paint
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 23.8 cm
- Description
- Long yellow/green leaves come out from top left and droop towards bottom, there is a bunch of seeds coming from the stem. A brown grasshopper is on one leaf, a brown bee is in the left foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BaQ.05.01
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Wall; Wicker Vase
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0361
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0361
- Description
- A flower-holder woven in the shape of a grasshopper. Body of wickerwork is very true to form with wide open mouth finished with braided rim, four small legs from thorax are of coiled wicker around a shaped piece of twig, and two large hopping legs coiled around a piece of wood shaped in large angle…
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- Title
- Wall; Wicker Vase
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 12.5 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- A flower-holder woven in the shape of a grasshopper. Body of wickerwork is very true to form with wide open mouth finished with braided rim, four small legs from thorax are of coiled wicker around a shaped piece of twig, and two large hopping legs coiled around a piece of wood shaped in large angle. Large wings of lattice weave around a frame of shaped twig backed with leaf fibre, two metal studs form eyes, wicker loop just below mouth for hanging, bamboo tube for holding water is missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0361
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Wall; Wicker Vase
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0362
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0362
- Description
- A flower-holder woven in the shape of a fly. Body of wickerwork with wide open mouth finished with braided rim, six small legs at front of form are of coiled wicker around a shaped piece of twig. Two large wings of leaf fibre sewn to a flexible frame of wicker and backed with newspaper painted or d…
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- Title
- Wall; Wicker Vase
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 10.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A flower-holder woven in the shape of a fly. Body of wickerwork with wide open mouth finished with braided rim, six small legs at front of form are of coiled wicker around a shaped piece of twig. Two large wings of leaf fibre sewn to a flexible frame of wicker and backed with newspaper painted or dyed brown. Two metal studs form eyes. Bamboo tube for holding water is missing. Small loop beneath mouth for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- insect
- fly
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0362
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