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Custer's Last Stand
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- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- Custer's Last Stand
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.6 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
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Eskimo Sea Dreams
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnep.04.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
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- Title
- Eskimo Sea Dreams
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 60.5 cm
- Description
- Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
- Subject
- activity, hunting
- fishing
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- NeP.04.01
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How the Beaver got His Tail
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- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Artist
- Wayne Matchatis
- Title
- How the Beaver got His Tail
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MtW.02.01
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The Messengers
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- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D…
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- The Messengers
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D. Muskego.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.06
- Description
- The bottom seventh is horizontal lines running from edge to edge, black lines on brown. Bottom edge 7.5 from right is a red brown tumb shape. Three tall spires, each with a red brown circular shape near top, woodgrain-like lines inside spires. An overall texture rest of picture.
- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Title
- Silence
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 60.6 x 41.8 cm
- Description
- The bottom seventh is horizontal lines running from edge to edge, black lines on brown. Bottom edge 7.5 from right is a red brown tumb shape. Three tall spires, each with a red brown circular shape near top, woodgrain-like lines inside spires. An overall texture rest of picture.
- Subject
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.06
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Some Symbolic Tale?
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- Artist
- Walter Janvier
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JaW.02.01
- Description
- A circular tale of teepees and Indigenous headdresses, one large figure in red and blue and yellow in the top left hand corner.
- Artist
- Walter Janvier
- Title
- Some Symbolic Tale?
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- A circular tale of teepees and Indigenous headdresses, one large figure in red and blue and yellow in the top left hand corner.
- Subject
- mythological
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- JaW.02.01
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Spirit of the Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmur.02.02
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large bla…
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Title
- Spirit of the Hunt
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large black animal - bear?; yellow arc upper left of painting represents bow being strung; blue represents streams and lakes and rust earth; small amount of red symbolizes blood of animal - this explanation was given to Catharine and Jon Whyte when Muskego was visiting them in Banff.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
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Two-Faced Sea Spirit
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacteeg.04.02
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EeG.04.02
- Description
- Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West …
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- Title
- Two-Faced Sea Spirit
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 37.5 cm
- Description
- Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West Baffin Eskimo Coop.Since only two chops are present, this tells us that the artist, Egevadluq, was the artist as well as the printer.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- EeG.04.02
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- Date
- c. 1966
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.01
- Title
- Warfire
- Date
- c. 1966
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 58.6 x 48.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.01
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- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.01
- Description
- Symbolic painting of two warriors and a meiser (white); R.M. and symbol blc; Weetigo written on back stretcher.
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- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Title
- Weetigo
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- Symbolic painting of two warriors and a meiser (white); R.M. and symbol blc; Weetigo written on back stretcher.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.01
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