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Stoney Indian - Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactper.04.15
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.15
Description
A young man beating a drum. The head is in good detail, top right of picture, he holds the drum high and beating it with his left hand, done in lighter detail. His hair is braided and bound, hanging in front of his shoulders, he is wearing several necklaces, one of which is made of bear's teeth. In…
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Stoney Indian - Banff
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
15; 15.6 x 12.5; 12.5 cm
Description
A young man beating a drum. The head is in good detail, top right of picture, he holds the drum high and beating it with his left hand, done in lighter detail. His hair is braided and bound, hanging in front of his shoulders, he is wearing several necklaces, one of which is made of bear's teeth. Inscribed: Stoney Indian - Banff - To Faith from R. H. Palenske.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Anne Faith Shepard, 1983
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.15
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Untitled [Native Man]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchg.03.01
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
Images
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