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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
Catalogue Number
104.05.0045
Description
Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulb…
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Title
Spear
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.0 x 69.5 cm
Description
Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulbous form at end. Sections between carving and paint wrapped with bands of buckskin covered with brightly coloured beadwork. Three groups of feathers hang from ends of shaft and middle.
Subject
Indigenous
hunting
souvenir
buffalo
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0045
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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
108.05.0020
Description
A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across fro…
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Title
Doll
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Dimensions
33.0 x 7.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across front and back, and simple leggings fringed at the sides. Plain moccasins sewn on to feet, and hands separate from arms sewn to bottoms of sleeves and cut out in shape of fingers and thumbs. Stuffed underbody of white fabric with printed blue sailboats.
Subject
Indigenous
playthings
children
figure
male
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.05.0020
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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Native Man]
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
c. 1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.02
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
27.7 x 40.0 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1976
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.02
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Portrait of an Indian

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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
colour reproduction on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.04.01
Description
General colour: pink, brown. The head and shoulders of an man with braids.Two or three feathers coming out at the right side of his head. He looks out, he wears a blanket over his shoulders and a neckpiece with medallion.
Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Portrait of an Indian
Date
n.d.
Medium
colour reproduction on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 14.0 cm
Description
General colour: pink, brown. The head and shoulders of an man with braids.Two or three feathers coming out at the right side of his head. He looks out, he wears a blanket over his shoulders and a neckpiece with medallion.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
DgN.04.01
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Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo

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Artist
L. T. Fuller
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on skin
Catalogue Number
FuL.03.01
Description
General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong w…
Artist
L. T. Fuller
Title
Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on skin
Dimensions
56.0 x 94.0 cm
Description
General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong wind blowing from the left.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Jack Fuller, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
FuL.03.01
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Artist
Laurier Hunter
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
HuL.03.01
Description
General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
Artist
Laurier Hunter
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
HuL.03.01
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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …
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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Title
Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.8 x 38.0 cm
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Buffalo Jump
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23 x 30.0 cm
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
Subject
landscape
animal, buffalo, horse
figure, male
hunting
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Indian Scout
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
Subject
landscape
foothills
animal, horse
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
Images
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