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- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0264
- Description
- A flat pouch shaped buckskin bag, fringed along sides and bottom, with braided buckskin drawstring through slits at neck. Raw edges of buckskin are notched. Beaded panel in bottom two thirds of front contains picture of large yellow sun with pointed rays outlined in orange, setting over straight la…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A flat pouch shaped buckskin bag, fringed along sides and bottom, with braided buckskin drawstring through slits at neck. Raw edges of buckskin are notched. Beaded panel in bottom two thirds of front contains picture of large yellow sun with pointed rays outlined in orange, setting over straight landscape of green with iridescent black cylindrical beads below. Orange four pointed star in upper left corner and crescent moon in upper right are outlined in black. Worked on white diagonally beaded background with red lettering beaded below, "Sun set in the west".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0264
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0266
- Description
- A long, flat, rectangular buckskin purse completely beaded on the front, short buckskin flap, fringes across the bottom, and rolled buckskin loop handle wrapped with beads and a patch of brown fur at the middle. Front completely beaded with blue background and large simple motif of a red diamond wi…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A long, flat, rectangular buckskin purse completely beaded on the front, short buckskin flap, fringes across the bottom, and rolled buckskin loop handle wrapped with beads and a patch of brown fur at the middle. Front completely beaded with blue background and large simple motif of a red diamond with red chevron above and below, all connected with white outline bands. Sides and top trimmed with an edging of notched buckskin. Flap formed from an extension of the back folded over at the top and notched at the edge. Flap fastens through two small slits on each side with a doubled thong sewn to the front of the purse. Handle wrapped with red beads at the bottom and white at the centre covered with the patch of fur and sewn to the sides of the purse through small pieces of fringed buckskin at the ends. Front of purse lined with purple fabric printed with musical instruments.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0266
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0293
- Description
- A flat, square, round bottomed buckskin purse with long spotted fawn hair panel set into front. Fringes around bottom and part way up sides, small flap at top, and strap handle of buckskin. Buckskin panels on either side of fawn hair contain three arrow motifs of green, blue and pearly pink. Panel …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A flat, square, round bottomed buckskin purse with long spotted fawn hair panel set into front. Fringes around bottom and part way up sides, small flap at top, and strap handle of buckskin. Buckskin panels on either side of fawn hair contain three arrow motifs of green, blue and pearly pink. Panel at bottom repeats same motif three times. Motif repeated across flap with vertical bands of feather stitching beaded in blue with green tips. Inside of purse and strap lined with tightly woven white fabric. Buttonhole tab of buckskin, sewn to underside of top flap, buttons over rolled buckskin toggle attached to front of purse. Back of purse has long notched buckskin strip down the middle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0293
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0295
- Description
- A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped moti…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped motif at centre of small blue, yellow, red and green squares. Motifs at each side of three adjoined triangles of blue outlined with red, then green, and small arrows shooting toward them of yellow, green, red and blue. Flap edged with tightly looped green beading, and ties through double slits at each side with doubled thongs attached to front of purse. Completely lined with white satiny fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0295
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- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt b…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt bordered by pearly white beads. Plain cotton backing, buckskin ties at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Reba Bearspaw
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small buckskin thong at each corner for fastening belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller c…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 82.2 cm
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cross bars contain more regular diamonds. The edges are trimmed with skyline bead fringe. Backing is a commercial cotton floral print.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 78.2 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
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- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Sub…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Substantial border along each edge of orange and green hands worked in lazy stitch. Edging of white beads interrupted with a single green bead.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons …
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 115.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons of indigo and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 6.4 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0075
- Description
- A heavily beaded collar with huge pendant hanging from it. Pendant bears an eagle in black and white with yellow bill, claws, and eye. Red pendant is heart shaped, beaded directly on canvas, heart shaped with buckskin backing stripe of bands. Ties at ends, and buckskin backing. Matches 103.07.00…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded collar with huge pendant hanging from it. Pendant bears an eagle in black and white with yellow bill, claws, and eye. Red pendant is heart shaped, beaded directly on canvas, heart shaped with buckskin backing stripe of bands. Ties at ends, and buckskin backing. Matches 103.07.0074.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0075
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; hair; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0078
- Description
- Fringed white buckskin with beaded orange diamonds on yoke and sleeves, and bells across front yoke. Soft, hand tanned skin is machine stitched and hand stitched, with simple round neck and elbow length sleeves. Fringed at hem, edge of sleeves, down sides, and around yoke, yoke and sleeves decorate…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; hair; metal
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 110.0 cm
- Description
- Fringed white buckskin with beaded orange diamonds on yoke and sleeves, and bells across front yoke. Soft, hand tanned skin is machine stitched and hand stitched, with simple round neck and elbow length sleeves. Fringed at hem, edge of sleeves, down sides, and around yoke, yoke and sleeves decorated with large stepped diamonds of red, orange, blue and white beads, having oblique green feather stitched lines from the sides. Trimmed at edge of neck and sleeves and shoulders with narrow beaded bands of orange with green and blue pattern, fringe strands across front strung with cylindrical blue and white trade beads, with a jingle bell at the bottom of each. Four small tassels of brown fur, (squirrel?) on front and back of yoke. Double strand tassels of green trade beads with loops of pearlized beads at the end are spaced around the middle of the skirt in a line.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0078
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0083 a,b
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn soft white buckskin gloves with short cuff at the wrist. Cuff, with notched edge, has been turned back and stitched around. Gussets between fingers, and set-in thumb. Back of hand has black based outline of bison head with white horns, and single red and turquoise interrupted li…
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- Title
- Beaded Gloves
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn soft white buckskin gloves with short cuff at the wrist. Cuff, with notched edge, has been turned back and stitched around. Gussets between fingers, and set-in thumb. Back of hand has black based outline of bison head with white horns, and single red and turquoise interrupted line either side of head.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- bison
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0083 a,b
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.3008
- Description
- Completely beaded cap, lined with light blue fabric. Top of cap is a circle 13.0 dia. red background with a blue propellar design. Dark blue band 8.0 wide with stepped diamond shape in yellow, red, white and white, red and yellow. 2.5 wide band in red and dark blue circle the hat.
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- Title
- Beaded Hat
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Completely beaded cap, lined with light blue fabric. Top of cap is a circle 13.0 dia. red background with a blue propellar design. Dark blue band 8.0 wide with stepped diamond shape in yellow, red, white and white, red and yellow. 2.5 wide band in red and dark blue circle the hat.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.3008
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Beaded Headband
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0041
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas headband strip with buckskin ends and lined with green cotton fabric having pink, white and blue daisy pattern. A series of large red and white checked triangles run its length with a blue sky of seed beads, buckskin tab at one end with single thong passing through it tie…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 48.2 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas headband strip with buckskin ends and lined with green cotton fabric having pink, white and blue daisy pattern. A series of large red and white checked triangles run its length with a blue sky of seed beads, buckskin tab at one end with single thong passing through it ties to buckskin tab at other end with hole cut through.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- blackfoot?
- Stoney?
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0041
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Beaded Headband
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared off, consisting of red chevrons with white crowns radiating from the centre yellow-gold butterfly.
- Subject
- households
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1153
- Description
- One men’s beaded buckskin jacket. Buckskin fringe from yoke and along jacket bottom. Beadwork on yoke, cuffs, pockets and along front placket, floral design in red, blue, green, orange and white. Beige fabric lining.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; metal; fibre
- Description
- One men’s beaded buckskin jacket. Buckskin fringe from yoke and along jacket bottom. Beadwork on yoke, cuffs, pockets and along front placket, floral design in red, blue, green, orange and white. Beige fabric lining.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Andy Russell
- Credit
- Gift of Andy Russell, Waterton Park, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1153
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Beaded Martingale
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.3020
- Date
- 1960 – 1973
- Material
- feather; fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3020
- Description
- Two beaded strips, backed with purple fabric, joined by a beaded rectangle at centre. The beadwork is red and blue diamonds on a white ground (very similar to 103.07.3051). One end of each of the strips is forked. The square ends are joined together with ribbon. There are feathers and leather th…
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- Title
- Beaded Martingale
- Date
- 1960 – 1973
- Material
- feather; fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- Two beaded strips, backed with purple fabric, joined by a beaded rectangle at centre. The beadwork is red and blue diamonds on a white ground (very similar to 103.07.3051). One end of each of the strips is forked. The square ends are joined together with ribbon. There are feathers and leather thongs attached to the outside edges. A tag with CRW writing is attached: “Jack Labelle Nov 13 1973 belonged to David Simeon more at home.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3020
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1002 a,b
- Description
- Moccasins of tan buckskin, tall flap beaded with 2 pink flowers, unadorned, small foot cut in Rocky Mountain style, high ankle with single two-stemmed tulip-like flower of pink outlined in red, 2 oblique red and white mixed lines at either side, long square tongue, single , long tying thong fixed t…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 6.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Moccasins of tan buckskin, tall flap beaded with 2 pink flowers, unadorned, small foot cut in Rocky Mountain style, high ankle with single two-stemmed tulip-like flower of pink outlined in red, 2 oblique red and white mixed lines at either side, long square tongue, single , long tying thong fixed to one side of flap, slight smoked smell.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1002 a,b
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