Wood Bison
Object Name: Wood Bison mount (holotype)
Scientific Name: Bison bison athabascae
Artist/Maker/Manufacturer/Founder/Collector:Warburton Pike, 1892
Location : 80 km southwest of Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Catalogued: Sept. 17, 1912
Material/Medium/Support: Mounted skin, skeleton, skull-complete
Acquisition #: 1892-1
Catalogue #: CMNMA 299
Scientific Reference: C.G. van Zyll de Jong in “A Systematic Study of Recent Bison with Particular Consideration of the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) Rhoads 1898″ publ in Nat Sci No.6, Nat Mus Can, Ottawa, 1986
Institution Name: Canadian Museum of Nature
Copyright: N/A
Scientific Name: Bison bison athabascae
Artist/Maker/Manufacturer/Founder/Collector:Warburton Pike, 1892
Location : 80 km southwest of Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Catalogued: Sept. 17, 1912
Material/Medium/Support: Mounted skin, skeleton, skull-complete
Acquisition #: 1892-1
Catalogue #: CMNMA 299
Scientific Reference: C.G. van Zyll de Jong in “A Systematic Study of Recent Bison with Particular Consideration of the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) Rhoads 1898″ publ in Nat Sci No.6, Nat Mus Can, Ottawa, 1986
Institution Name: Canadian Museum of Nature
Copyright: N/A
The bison is an iconic Canadian animal. Tucked away in the fur vault of the Canadian Museum of …
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FREDERICK VERNER AND THE MYTHICAL BISON
Olivia C. Pipe,
M.A., Art History, Concordia University.
This text on bison focuses on the Canadian artist Frederick Verner (1836-1928). Verner’s …
Donning
Jamie Campbell,
2009. C-print. 18.5 x 18.5 cm.
Jamie Campbell, born and raised in Niagara Falls, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts …
This artwork, inspired by the national treasure, was created by a student artist in the Department of Studio Arts (Photography) under the supervision of Marisa Portolese, Assistant Professor in Studio Arts(Photography), Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
