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Untitled (Tipi door cover)
Artist
Bignell, Peter
Form
painting
Date
1997
Accession Number
Pnt/260
Artist
Bignell, Peter
Other Artists
Dennis Cameron; Colleen Conrad; Betty Ebner; Linda Gordon; Dean Kidd; Elsie McCulley; Suzie McPherson; Sharon Myers; Garry Smith; Angelica Wuttke; Sanra Storn
Date
1997
Form
painting
Description
The tipi was raised at noon on Friday, August 15, 1997 in the Tipi Village at the Canada Summer Games site, Brandon, Manitoba. A pipe ceremony was conducted by elders Mary and Solomon Hall of Sioux Valley, Manitoba and a feast was provided by the students. At the conclusion of the Summer Games it was set up on the campus of Brandon University to welcome all to a new year.
The painted sun on the eastern door cover symbolically welcomes the sun into and out of the tipi during it's daily journey. The cover is made with the intention to invite not only the sun, but everyone into the tipi. The red hands radiating from the sun are the hands of those who painted this tipi. The painted hand imprint is a most ancient image recorded by humans. It is a clear message of human presence and all that humanity means. These hands are reaching out like the rays of the sun to greet all with warmth in the 'Welcome Lodge'.
Dimensions
158 X 122 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
acrylic
Notes
Designed and painted by the students of the Experiments in Traditional Art Forms class of 1997.
Condition
Canvas is heavily creased from storage. Severe cracks in paint throughout. Water stain in area TM, as well as a brown stain in area RM. There is a 66 cm vertical gash down the center of the image, but has been sewn up.
Primary Support
raw canvas
Secondary Support
straps
Accession Number
Pnt/260
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Spiro Mounds State Park; Oklahoma
Title Variation
Oklahoma
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
269
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Moon over Pinnacles; Pinnacles National Monument, California
Title Variation
California
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
272
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Petroglyph resembling Tlaloc mask and Sierra Blanca; Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Three Rivers, New Mexico
Title Variation
Mexico
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
Small vertical crease in area BM.
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
274
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Sage Creek Wilderness Area; Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Title Variation
Dakota
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
291
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Petroglyph at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site; Three Rivers, New Mexico
Title Variation
Mexico
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
295
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Sunset and Joshua trees; Joshua Tree National Monument, California
Title Variation
California
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
306
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Predawn light; Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba
Title Variation
Manitoba
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
307
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Detail of catlinite cliff; Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, Minnesota
Title Variation
Minnesota
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
308
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Composite of moon, trees and human effigy, Bannock Point Petroform Site; Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba
Title Variation
Manitoba
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Dimensions
77.5 X 73 cm
Size Overall
62.5 X 88 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
313
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Autumn foliage; Stone Mountain Park, Georgia
Title Variation
Georgia
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
The Sacred Earth
Date
1993
Form
photograph
Series
4/10
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
239
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Bison and fire-swept slope; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Title Variation
Wyoming
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
266
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Echo Canyon; Zion National Park, Utah
Title Variation
Utah
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
76 X 50.5 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
268
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Wanuskewin; Heritage Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Title Variation
Saskatchewan
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
colored photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
277
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Cliff face, Cable Mountain; Sion National Park, Utah
Title Variation
Utah
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
281
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Erosional formations; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Title Variation
Utah
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
287
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Cliff palace and cliff face; Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Title Variation
Colorado
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
50.5 X 76 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
none
Accession Number
288
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Moonrise Over Bryce; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Title Variation
Utah
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1992
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
293
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Boulders and trees; Ringing Rocks State Park, Pennsylvania
Title Variation
Pennsylvania
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
Spirit of the Land
Date
1991
Form
photograph
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
314
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Aerial view of bottom sand patterns; William River, Athabasca Sand Dunes Park Land Reserve, Saskatchewan
Title Variation
Saskatchewan
Artist
Milne, Courtney
Collection
The Sacred Earth
Date
1991
Form
photograph
Series
4/10
Dimensions
47 X 74 cm
Size Overall
61.5 X 89.5 cm
Medium
color photograph
Condition
good
Primary Support
paper
Secondary Support
mat, plexiglass, backing board; frame - metal
Accession Number
241
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