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Nakoda Traditional Campsite

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwis.12.03
Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.03
Description
Traditional Nakoda camp, two people around campfire. Horse at left, wagon at right of image. Teepee near centre. Campsite is on edge of lake in mountains.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Nakoda Traditional Campsite
Date
n.d.
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
86.0 x 103.7 cm
Description
Traditional Nakoda camp, two people around campfire. Horse at left, wagon at right of image. Teepee near centre. Campsite is on edge of lake in mountains.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
activity
camp
teepee
fire
animal
horse
figure
transportation
wagon
Credit
Purchased from Corleigh Belton, Morley, 2005
Catalogue Number
WiS.12.03
Images
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Women and Children with Dogs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.09
Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the u…
  1 image  
Artist
Unknown
Title
Women and Children with Dogs
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
57.5 x 80.0 cm
Description
A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the upper section on the left are two dogs, in the center there is a male, female and a child. On the far right is a teepee. The middle section includes a couple of dogs and a female with a child on her back. The bottom section showes two more dogs on the left, a male figure in the center and a small animal on the far right is being attacked by four birds. All of the figures and most of the animals are made from skin cut out shapes and are stitched on and detailed with black, yellow, blue, red and a light pink fiber thread. The outside red border is made up of six pieces that are attached to create the full border.
Subject
figure
male
female
child
animals
dogs
birds
caribou
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.09
Images
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