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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.66
- Description
- Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Man
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 2.8 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- Male figure with head and torso of one piece of carved bone; four appendages joined to torso with sinew; all limbs movable; eyes and mouth jowls, nose carved.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.66
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buddhist Icon
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
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- Title
- Follow-up
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.01
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Man and Winged Creature
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.18
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on raw silk
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.18
- Description
- Raw silk, taupe coloured background; off center to right, man in blue kimono sitting on yellow mat, has a large orange hat on his head, red jug on floor in front of him, is looking down towards the left of the picture towards a creature. The creature appears man-like, has a monkey type face with re…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man and Winged Creature
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on raw silk
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Raw silk, taupe coloured background; off center to right, man in blue kimono sitting on yellow mat, has a large orange hat on his head, red jug on floor in front of him, is looking down towards the left of the picture towards a creature. The creature appears man-like, has a monkey type face with red hair over ears, beard and eyebrows. White wings on shoulders, has a black/blue ribbon and a red ribbon draped over body.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.18
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Man, Boy, Dragon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.17
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on raw silk
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.17
- Description
- Raw silk, taupe coloured background; old man in pink and blue bordered kimono, left arm raised, boy in blue and brown kimono with books in hands, extended towards dragon, both are facing multi coloured dragon in bottom right corner. Dragon is mostly green, pink underbelly, red shoulders and front o…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man, Boy, Dragon
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on raw silk
- Dimensions
- 32.3 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Raw silk, taupe coloured background; old man in pink and blue bordered kimono, left arm raised, boy in blue and brown kimono with books in hands, extended towards dragon, both are facing multi coloured dragon in bottom right corner. Dragon is mostly green, pink underbelly, red shoulders and front of back leg, red nose, brown trim, is facing left, has mouth open.
- Subject
- figure, male
- child
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.17
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.16.02
- Description
- Reptile, 2 devil-like turtles with long swirly tails, red in ears and mouths.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Panel
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 106.0 cm
- Description
- Reptile, 2 devil-like turtles with long swirly tails, red in ears and mouths.
- Subject
- animal, turtle
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.16.02
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To Smell Balsam
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjva.07.01
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.07.01
- Description
- General colour: green. Long green configurations move across from left to right several tendrils break off from the main line upwards and downwards. The central shape is a slanted 'N' shape.
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- Title
- To Smell Balsam
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 77.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green. Long green configurations move across from left to right several tendrils break off from the main line upwards and downwards. The central shape is a slanted 'N' shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.07.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1974
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.72
- Description
- Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Toongat
- Date
- 1974
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Hand-sewn toongat. Ape man-like figure covered in stitched sealskin, with leather face which has been tooled or scraped into a mask-like design; face and eyes are knotted thread; leather claws on hands.
- Subject
- Inuit
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.72
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