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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; feathers; metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3013
- Description
- Shallow drum, with buckskin stretched over round metal band. Fur stuffed inside back of band. Two feathers hang one end. Painting of a bison head on face.
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- Title
- Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; feathers; metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 18.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Shallow drum, with buckskin stretched over round metal band. Fur stuffed inside back of band. Two feathers hang one end. Painting of a bison head on face.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- ceremonial
- painting
- tourism
- souvenirs
- animals, bison
- animals, buffalo
- music
- pow wow
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3013
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3014
- Description
- Skin tightly stretched over metal band. Rabbit hair attached around outside edge. Face of drum has painting of a man, with two feathers on his head, in profile signed "Windy One Spot."
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- Title
- Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- Skin tightly stretched over metal band. Rabbit hair attached around outside edge. Face of drum has painting of a man, with two feathers on his head, in profile signed "Windy One Spot."
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- ceremonial
- painting
- Windy One Spot
- tourism
- souvenirs
- music
- pow wow
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3014
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Fine Art Artist Assemblage
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.39.1006%20a-e
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1006 a-e
- Description
- An assemblage of painting materials used by A. C. Leighton. They include (a) watercolour palette box, black metal which opens flat with a hinged fitted lid. Inside are many colour slots and mixing spaces, a flip up slot allows the artist to hold the palette with his thumb through the hole. (b) …
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- Title
- Fine Art Artist Assemblage
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre
- Description
- An assemblage of painting materials used by A. C. Leighton. They include (a) watercolour palette box, black metal which opens flat with a hinged fitted lid. Inside are many colour slots and mixing spaces, a flip up slot allows the artist to hold the palette with his thumb through the hole. (b) cast metal canvas pliers (c,d) oil paint brushes, long wood handle, metal ferrule and hog's hair bristles (e) cotton rag with paint smears.
- Subject
- artist
- A. C. Leighton
- hobbies
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1006 a-e
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0092
- Description
- A cylindrical flat-bottomed glass painted black with purple flowers on one side.
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- Title
- Glass
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 6.5 cm
- Description
- A cylindrical flat-bottomed glass painted black with purple flowers on one side.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- painting
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0092
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- Date
- 1942 – 1947
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0007 a,b
- Description
- A pair of maracas made from dried gourds painted black with the British flag painted on the natural coloured background in a circle at the front. Wooden handles attach to the gourds by passing through the centre and emerging slightly at the top. Pencil guidelines for the painted design can be see…
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- Title
- Maraca Rattle
- Date
- 1942 – 1947
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood
- Dimensions
- 10.0 (a); 11.5 (b) x 10.5 (a); 12.0 (b) x 23.0 (a); 22.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A pair of maracas made from dried gourds painted black with the British flag painted on the natural coloured background in a circle at the front. Wooden handles attach to the gourds by passing through the centre and emerging slightly at the top. Pencil guidelines for the painted design can be seen on the gourds. One maraca (a) has “Nassau” carved on the back, and the other (b) has “Bahamas” carved on the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0007 a,b
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Painting Easel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.39.1010
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1010
- Description
- Portable wooden easel, stands 112.0 cm high when extended, collapsed is 51.6 cm. Brass fittings.
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- Title
- Painting Easel
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Description
- Portable wooden easel, stands 112.0 cm high when extended, collapsed is 51.6 cm. Brass fittings.
- Subject
- hobbies
- painting
- artists
- Elizabeth Rummel
- Credit
- Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1010
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