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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 6
- Anne Rebeyka 3
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 3
- Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese) 3
- Unknown 3
- Al Mettel 1
- Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian) 1
- Beatien Yazz 1
- Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian) 1
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 1
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 1
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…
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- Title
- Sacrifice
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.
- Credit
- Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
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Big Bear Medicine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaud.12.01
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DoT.02.01
- Description
- A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. T…
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- Title
- Parade
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. The man in the middle has a moustache and looks directly at the viewer. An image of a Bhuddist deity is visible in the dark behind the man on the left and the man in the middle.
- Subject
- figure
- group
- religious
- Tibetan Bhuddism
- Credit
- Purchased from Tsering Dorjee, Lhasa, Tibet, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- DoT.02.01
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Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwop.25.01
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- audio visual recording on VHS video tape
- Catalogue Number
- WoP.25.01
- Description
- Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher…
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- Title
- Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- audio visual recording on VHS video tape
- Dimensions
- 20.2 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher, 1954 - 1978 and Paul Speed, 1967 - 1991. These people are brought together through death and the communal act of remembering. Paul Wong, Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
- Credit
- Purchased from Video Out, Vancouver, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- WoP.25.01
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- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.068
- Description
- Two totems poles with mountain behind.
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- Title
- Kispiox
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Two totems poles with mountain behind.
- Subject
- religious
- totem pole
- landscape
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.068
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Indian Village, Hagwilget
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.204
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.204
- Description
- The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …
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- Title
- Indian Village, Hagwilget
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.204
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3 Decorated Eggs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrea.22.01
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.01
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Title
- 3 Decorated Eggs
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 4.3 cm
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.01
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3 Decorated Eggs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrea.22.02
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.02
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Title
- 3 Decorated Eggs
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 4.3 cm
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.02
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3 Decorated Eggs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrea.22.03
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.03
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Artist
- Anne Rebeyka
- Title
- 3 Decorated Eggs
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on ordinary hen's eggs
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 4.3 cm
- Description
- 3 ordinary hen's eggs decorated in the Ukrainian tradition.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ReA.22.03
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Sundance of the Peigans, Brockett, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.003
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.003
- Description
- Four tipis and a number of small outbuildings make a sundance encampment at the middle-right of the print. The Rocky Mountains are visible in the distance and a re hazy grey-blue. The settlement is surrounded by green grass which becomes darker as it gets closer to the bottom of the print.
- Title
- Sundance of the Peigans, Brockett, Alberta
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- Four tipis and a number of small outbuildings make a sundance encampment at the middle-right of the print. The Rocky Mountains are visible in the distance and a re hazy grey-blue. The settlement is surrounded by green grass which becomes darker as it gets closer to the bottom of the print.
- Credit
- Gift of George Weber, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.003
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