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Miniature Figurine Collection

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Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0157 a-f
Description
A collection of six figurines carved from wood. (a) dee, angular carved fawn standing with splayed legs and large ears, nose, eyes and hoofs painted black. (b) horse, 2.7 x 2.8 x 1.0, angular carved, standing with tail raised, tail, mane and eyes painted black. (c) horse, 2.6 x 2.7 x 1.0, as (b) b…
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Title
Miniature Figurine Collection
Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.3 x 1.7 x 5.5 cm
Description
A collection of six figurines carved from wood. (a) dee, angular carved fawn standing with splayed legs and large ears, nose, eyes and hoofs painted black. (b) horse, 2.7 x 2.8 x 1.0, angular carved, standing with tail raised, tail, mane and eyes painted black. (c) horse, 2.6 x 2.7 x 1.0, as (b) but tail and mane painted grey. (d) squirrel, 2.7 x 2.8 x 1.6, angular carved squirrel sitting on haunches holding nut between paws at mouth, black eyes. (e) bear, 4.9 h x 3.1 x 3.0, standing with back humped and head arched down, white eyes and claws, red mouth. (f) hiking man, 7.9 h x 3.4 x 3.0, angular carved figure with knapsack and staff walking up sloped face of section of birch log, unpainted with features and details incised in wood.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
figure
male
animal
deer
horse
squirrel
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0157 a-f
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0268
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in…
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
7.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in red. At the bottom limit of the wall is an orange band in three lines of twining, outlined by two lines of twining in purple, a design motif repeated on the lid, and the lid "topknot" is in red surmounting rings of green and yellow.
Subject
households
Indigenous
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0268
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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