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Eskimo Child plus head study

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.05
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Child plus head study
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
Subject
portrait
child
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.05
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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 62.3 cm
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
Subject
portrait
child
group
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
1950
Medium
graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.02
Description
Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a …
Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Farm Scene
Date
1950
Medium
graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper
Dimensions
45 x 56 cm
Description
Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a child, a man with a small child by hand are all walking towards the wagon. A post with barbed wire is at the very bottom, some orange flowers in the bottom left. Background is green, some implements and a road. Trees along the horizon, a pale blue sky with three clouds.
Subject
landscape, rural
animal, horse
figure, male, child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.02
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Figures on the Sand II

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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Title
Figures on the Sand II
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
24.3 x 49.8 cm
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
Subject
landscape
ocean
figure
child
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The imaginary Indian : the image of the Indian in Canadian culture

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1993
c1992
Author
Francis, Daniel
Publisher
Vancouver : Arsenel Pulp Press
Call Number
07.2 F84 1992
Author
Francis, Daniel
Publisher
Vancouver : Arsenel Pulp Press
Published Date
1993
c1992
Physical Description
xii, 258p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff Indian Days
Film making
Long Lance, Buffalo Child
Tourism
Notes
Bibliographical references and index
ISBN
0-88978-251-2
Accession Number
6535
Call Number
07.2 F84 1992
Collection
Archives Library
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The imaginary Indian : the image of the Indian in Canadian culture

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Francis, Daniel
Publisher
Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press
Edition
2nd edition
Call Number
07.2 F84 2011
Author
Francis, Daniel
Responsibility
Daniel Francis
Edition
2nd edition
Publisher
Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
285 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff Indian Days
Film making
Long Lance, Buffalo Child
Tourism
Notes
Bibliographical references and index Preface and afterword written for second edition by author
ISBN
9781551524252
Accession Number
8171
Call Number
07.2 F84 2011
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1965 – 1975
Medium
petit point on mesh
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.05
Description
The head of a small Indiginous girl, with braids, headband and feathers.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Indian Girl
Date
1965 – 1975
Medium
petit point on mesh
Dimensions
10.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
The head of a small Indiginous girl, with braids, headband and feathers.
Subject
figure, child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.05
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1965 – 1975
Medium
petit point on mesh
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.06
Description
Head of a small Indigenous girl, short hair, cow lick, green headband with a feather.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Indian Girl
Date
1965 – 1975
Medium
petit point on mesh
Dimensions
9.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
Head of a small Indigenous girl, short hair, cow lick, green headband with a feather.
Subject
figure, child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.06
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.411
Description
A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Child
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.
Subject
portrait
child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.411
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