Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

P19738260001-14-GA

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

WOOD, CERAMIC

No. Pieces

14

Height

93.9

Length

172.7

Width

44.5(BASE)

Description

LARGE RECESSED STANDING DIORAMA WITH PAINTED SCENE OF UKRAININAN VILLAGE. OIL, WOOD, COSTUMED DOLLS, CERAMIC. "W. STEFUIK" IN LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. .1 AND .2 ARE DECORATED WOODEN EASTER EGGS. .3 AND .4 ARE BROWN/GREEN CERAMIC MINIATURE VASES. .5 WOODEN TRINKET JAR C/W LID. .6 DECORATED CIGARETTE BOX. .7 AND .8 ARE CERAMIC MINIATURE VASES. .7 HAS A BROKEN HANDLE .9 CERAMIC MINIATURE VASE (BROKEN HANDLE). .10 MINIATURE WATER PAIL. .11 FEMALE DOLL (TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN COSTUME). HEAD CRACKED ON SIDES. MARKESOPHIA PORAYKO KYFORUK. SLEEP EYES; BROWN BRAIDS. .12 MALE DOLL (TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN COSTUME). BASED READS "KNICKERBOCKER". .13 MINIATURE WOODEN WELL FRAME. .14 MINIATURE WOODEN WELL WOVEN FENCE FRAME.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

ETHNOGRAPHIC

History

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN. POSSIBLY PAINTED FROM MEMORY. "W. STEFUIK" LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. DIORAMA CONSISTS OF A FIVE SIDED, GLASS FRONTED CASE. PAINTED IN OIL. PICTURE DEPICTS A TYPICAL UKRAINIAN VILLAGE. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THREE DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF LETHBRIDGE. THOUGH THE ASSOCIATION HAS DISBANDED, SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS OBJECT AND 81 OTHERS DONATED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN 1973 WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE GALT MUSEUM'S 'UKRAINIAN ROOM' EXHIBIT. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1969 AND 1976, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE GALT ARCHIVES (199110764419, 1991107612370, 199110764421, AND 199110764422) THE UKRAINIAN ROOM WAS INSTALLED IN 1966, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS MOVED FROM THE BOWMAN CENTRE TO THE GALT HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE ROOM WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION, AND THE GROUP HELD ANNUAL TEAS THERE. THOUGH THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION DONATION REFLECT A 1973 DONATION DATE, THE INITIAL ACQUISITION YEAR LISTED IN HARDCOPY FILES IS 1966, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UKRAINIAN ROOM. IN ADDITION, ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROOM DEPICT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOW HELD IN COLLECTIONS (P19738277001-GA, P19738277002-GA, AND P19738277003-GA CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, WITH OTHER OBJECTS IDENTIFIED SPECULATIVELY). IN 1984 THE MUSEUM DISMANTLED ALL ITS DISPLAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING'S RENOVATION AND EXPANSION, AND ACCORDING TO BRAD BROWN, GALT EXHIBIT DESIGNER, WHEN THE FACILITY REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1985 ALL THE EXHIBITS HAD BEEN REWORKED, AND THE UKRAINIAN ROOM NO LONGER EXISTED. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738197000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19738260000

Acquisition Date

1966-02

Collection

Museum

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