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Big Bear Medicine

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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

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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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

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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Parade

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Artist: Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)

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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Artist: Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)

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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Untitled [Print Collection]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.04.01

Description: Serigraph print Christmas card of a magi. Gift from artist to Peter and Catharine Whyte.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Print Collection]

Date: 1962

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 10.0 cm

Description: Serigraph print Christmas card of a magi. Gift from artist to Peter and Catharine Whyte.

Subject: religious; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: GyH.04.01

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Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

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Artist: Al Mettel

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

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Artist: Al Mettel

Title: Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

Subject: architecture; urban; religious

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

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Christmas Prints

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: 1971 – 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.04.01-NiJ.04.02

Description: NiJ.04.01 is Nuliyuk, the Eskimo Goddess is a dry process print of a drawing, signed vertically on left J.Nicoll, 1971. NiJ.04.02 is Old Guild House of the Wool Weavers, Florence; engraving print, signed brc. J.Nicoll 1972. Both were Xmas cards sent to Catharine by the artist.

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Christmas Prints

Date: 1971 – 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: NiJ.04.01 is Nuliyuk, the Eskimo Goddess is a dry process print of a drawing, signed vertically on left J.Nicoll, 1971. NiJ.04.02 is Old Guild House of the Wool Weavers, Florence; engraving print, signed brc. J.Nicoll 1972. Both were Xmas cards sent to Catharine by the artist.

Subject: religious, Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiJ.04.01-NiJ.04.02

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Sacrifice

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

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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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

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.