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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood; metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.49.0011 a,b
Description
(a) A wooden handsaw with a thin jagged blade at one end and a tension bar and string at the other. (b) Wooden hand saw, one side longer than the other. Wide blade , two wooden braces near middle, metal screw tension rods at top.
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Title
Hand Saw
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood; metal; fibre
Dimensions
36.0 x 58.0 cm
Description
(a) A wooden handsaw with a thin jagged blade at one end and a tension bar and string at the other. (b) Wooden hand saw, one side longer than the other. Wide blade , two wooden braces near middle, metal screw tension rods at top.
Subject
households
tool
woodworking
carpentry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.49.0011 a,b
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Date
prior to 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.05.1001
Description
Tomahawk head with blade shaped into a half circle with edge. It has an opening 5.4 long and 1.8 cm wide through which a handle would be inserted. There is a stamped scroll desin around head above opening stamped onto the blade "4/Gilpin Wedges Mill Warrented" and 2 crossed hammers.
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Title
Head Tomahawk
Date
prior to 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
10.8 x 16.5 cm
Description
Tomahawk head with blade shaped into a half circle with edge. It has an opening 5.4 long and 1.8 cm wide through which a handle would be inserted. There is a stamped scroll desin around head above opening stamped onto the blade "4/Gilpin Wedges Mill Warrented" and 2 crossed hammers.
Subject
tool
armament
Indigenous, Stoney
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.05.1001
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Date
n.d.
Material
Banff Chert
Catalogue Number
104.05.1021 a,b
Description
Point A: Banff chert Plateau or Pelican lake point B: small round fossil with vertical indentations resembling a shell.
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Title
Point Projectile Point
Date
n.d.
Material
Banff Chert
Dimensions
5.50 x 3.0 cm
Description
Point A: Banff chert Plateau or Pelican lake point B: small round fossil with vertical indentations resembling a shell.
Subject
Fossil
point
lithic tool
Credit
Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
Catalogue Number
104.05.1021 a,b
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Date
n.d.
Material
Banff Chert
Catalogue Number
104.05.1019
Description
One biface point, larger in size, could be a spear point. Slip of paper alongside it with the word “On bench along” other words are not legible.
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Title
Point Projectile Point
Date
n.d.
Material
Banff Chert
Dimensions
9.0 x 5.0 cm
Description
One biface point, larger in size, could be a spear point. Slip of paper alongside it with the word “On bench along” other words are not legible.
Subject
Lithic
stone tool
point
Credit
Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
Catalogue Number
104.05.1019
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Date
n.d.
Material
siltstone
Catalogue Number
104.05.1015 a-aj
Description
A: retouched flake made of siltstone B; Biface made of Banff chert C: Biface preform made of black chert D: biface- worked flake made of obsidian E: not artifact- stones F: not artifact- stones G: not artifact: stones H: Scraper made of Banff chert I: Retouched flak made of black chert J: Biface m…
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Title
Projectile Point
Date
n.d.
Material
siltstone
Dimensions
5.0 x 2.0 cm
Description
A: retouched flake made of siltstone B; Biface made of Banff chert C: Biface preform made of black chert D: biface- worked flake made of obsidian E: not artifact- stones F: not artifact- stones G: not artifact: stones H: Scraper made of Banff chert I: Retouched flak made of black chert J: Biface made of Black chert K: Flake/shatter made of brown chalcedony L: retouched flake made of black chert M: scraper made of brown quartzite N: uniface made of obsidian O: flake shatter red chert P: Plains side notched point (base) made of Banff chert.Q: Siltstone shatter flake R: Body of projectile point made of Banff chert S: Debitage made of brown chalcedony T: Flake shatter- black chert- could be middle prehistoric U: Flake shatter V; Debitage made of brown chalcedony W: Debitage made of black chert X: Flake shatter orange chert Y: Siltstone flake Z: Projectile point- untouched late pre- contact made of black chert aa: could be a scrapper- made of obsidianab: Debitage made of siltstone ac: debitage made of Top of The World chert ad: debitage made of brown chalcedony ae: debitage made of yellow chalcedony af: debitage made of black chert ag: debitage made of siltstone ah: debitage made of red or Montana chert ai: debitage aj: debitage - there are also slips of paper with writing on it, along with a button and photograph with all the items.
Subject
Lithic
Stone tool
Banff
flakes
Credit
Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
Catalogue Number
104.05.1015 a-aj
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Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik

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Artist
Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
PiA.04.03
Description
Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 …
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Artist
Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)
Title
Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 DOR/FD 1962-31”.Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
Subject
Figure
female
Tool
ulu
Mythological
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
PiA.04.03
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 a
Description
Pencil drawing on tracing paper of tulips. Preparation for stencil.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stencils]
Date
1948 – 1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 23.8 cm
Description
Pencil drawing on tracing paper of tulips. Preparation for stencil.
Subject
artist’s tool
serigraph
stencil
botanical
tulip
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 a
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1978
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 b
Description
Black and red stencil with tulips cut out. Masking taped to cardboard.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stencils]
Date
1948 – 1978
Dimensions
30.6 x 26.6 cm
Description
Black and red stencil with tulips cut out. Masking taped to cardboard.
Subject
artist’s tool
serigraph
stencil
botanical
tulip
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 b
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1978
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 c
Description
Black and red stencil with preliminary tulips cut out.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stencils]
Date
1948 – 1978
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.7 cm
Description
Black and red stencil with preliminary tulips cut out.
Subject
artist’s tool
serigraph
stencil
botanical
tulip
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 c
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1978
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 d
Description
Black and red stencil with preliminary tulips cut out.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stencils]
Date
1948 – 1978
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.9 cm
Description
Black and red stencil with preliminary tulips cut out.
Subject
artist’s tool
serigraph
stencil
botanical
tulip
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.28.01 d
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