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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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Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain

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Artist: Paul Wong (1956 – , Canadian)

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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Artist: Paul Wong (1956 – , Canadian)

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

Subject: religious; spiritual; rituals; beliefs

Credit: Purchased from Video Out, Vancouver, 1996

Catalogue Number: WoP.25.01

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Figurine

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0086

Description: A seated buddha with his feet in a lotus position at the centre of a lotus blossom. His right hand rests palm up in his lap and the left is raised in a blessing (or teaching position). The carved figurine is wood with simple features, large ears, and draped robes. The figurine is painted a saffro…

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Title: Figurine

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood

Dimensions: 12.7 x 6.0 x 7.0 cm

Description: A seated buddha with his feet in a lotus position at the centre of a lotus blossom. His right hand rests palm up in his lap and the left is raised in a blessing (or teaching position). The carved figurine is wood with simple features, large ears, and draped robes. The figurine is painted a saffron gold colour with red and black features and black hair with carved and red painted dot at front centre of hair. The figurine is loosely attached to a simply carved brown wood base of leaves curling downward with dowel through base of the buddha. There are Chinese letters on the base of the stand and “1.50” along with a paper sticker that reads “China:.

Subject: households; souvenirs; religious; Buddah

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0086

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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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Sacred mountains of the world

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1997

Author: Bernbaum, Edwin

Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press

Call Number: G510 B6 B4

Author: Bernbaum, Edwin

Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: 291p. : col. ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountains - Religious aspects

Notes: Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1990; Signed by the author

ISBN: 0520214226

Call Number: G510 B6 B4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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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.