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Nigatsu-do Temple
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactyoh.04.02
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.02
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third
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- Title
- Nigatsu-do Temple
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 36.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third
- Subject
- architecture
- figure
- group
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.02
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.134
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
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- Title
- Nikko, Japan
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 11 x 9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
- Subject
- architecture
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.134
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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.033
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.033
- Description
- Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
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- Title
- Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90.5 x 100.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.033
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.030
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.030
- Description
- Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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- Title
- Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 61.8 x 74.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.030
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- Date
- prior to 1997
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3017
- Description
- Cylindrical beaded hide bank completely lined with yellow fabric. The bank is beaded with a red background and four teal and white crosses (Latin) evenly spaced around the outside of the bank. The lid, edged with red beads, is attached to 1/3 of the top edge of the bank and has a rectangular hole…
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- Title
- Still Bank
- Date
- prior to 1997
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Cylindrical beaded hide bank completely lined with yellow fabric. The bank is beaded with a red background and four teal and white crosses (Latin) evenly spaced around the outside of the bank. The lid, edged with red beads, is attached to 1/3 of the top edge of the bank and has a rectangular hole cut out of the center. The top and bottom edges of the bank are rounded and beaded with red, white and teal.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- religious
- children
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3017
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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
- 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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- 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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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3037
- Description
- Replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Small bag, stiched shut along the top edge, with both sides fully beaded. One side has a pattern of green and white squares with a blue and black triangle border, the other side has a multicoloured stepped diamond on a blue b…
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- Title
- Hairbag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Small bag, stiched shut along the top edge, with both sides fully beaded. One side has a pattern of green and white squares with a blue and black triangle border, the other side has a multicoloured stepped diamond on a blue background with a black edge on three sides and three black squares along the top edge. The bag has a braided hide handle (39.0 x 2.0 cm) with fur attached. The bottom edge of the bag has beaded hanging thong with fur tufts at the end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3037
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3039 a,b
- Description
- Two rocks with CRW writing on a yellow tag “Jack Labelle June 1973” and a piece of paper, also with CRW writing: “Brought by Jack Labelle. by Chiniki old village. old campgds hardly see it but saw tin. about 4-6 m down June 4 1973. Looking with a pick. found tomahawk rock & stone.” a) Heart-shaped …
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- Title
- Incense Rock
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 2.0 (a); 3.5 (b) x 10.2 (a); 4.6 (b) x 10.5 (a); 9.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two rocks with CRW writing on a yellow tag “Jack Labelle June 1973” and a piece of paper, also with CRW writing: “Brought by Jack Labelle. by Chiniki old village. old campgds hardly see it but saw tin. about 4-6 m down June 4 1973. Looking with a pick. found tomahawk rock & stone.” a) Heart-shaped tomohawk stone, grey with white spots.b) White and grey rock with hole in white side.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Jack Labelle
- ceremonial
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3039 a,b
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