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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the fastening thong with three beaded loops.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon,…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon, and has two leather covered rings that push down to secure the bag’s contents.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0242
- Description
- A soft buckskin purse of two wedge panels and an edge bottom piece, well finished welt seams, velvet drawstring panels at top of bag, drawstrings of buckskin, brocade lining. One side of bag has conventional flowers in white with yellow centres and pink with blue centres, clear glass leaves, and a …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A soft buckskin purse of two wedge panels and an edge bottom piece, well finished welt seams, velvet drawstring panels at top of bag, drawstrings of buckskin, brocade lining. One side of bag has conventional flowers in white with yellow centres and pink with blue centres, clear glass leaves, and a bud from which the flower stems emerge. The other side has blue flowers with brown centres and green and clean glass leaves. The buckskin velvet seam and the side and bottom panel are decorated with a strung bead fringe of red baby blue dark blue yellow and black and white beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0242
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- Date
- 1920 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3002
- Description
- Flat square bag with beading on one side and fringe (24.0 cm long) along bottom edge that is trimmed with plastic hollow beads. The bag is lined with printed yellow fabric and has two handles that are tied together with a strip of hide. The front of the bag has a beaded design edged with black ve…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin; plastic
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Flat square bag with beading on one side and fringe (24.0 cm long) along bottom edge that is trimmed with plastic hollow beads. The bag is lined with printed yellow fabric and has two handles that are tied together with a strip of hide. The front of the bag has a beaded design edged with black velvet, the back is finished with red felt (wool?). Beaded design has blue background with dark red, blue and white corners. There are two identical designs (17.5 x 14.0 cm) in diamond shapes with geometric shapes in green, dark blue, red and orange. Two small diamond shapes with a red cross in the centre separate the two major motifs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3002
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and squ…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and square designs separate the 3 outlined in dark blue, with light blue and orange centres, buckskin ends sewn on with 2 thongs each end, ca 21.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
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- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0066
- Description
- A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallo…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 81.5 cm
- Description
- A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallowtailed tabards in orange with deep red borders.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0066
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0067
- Description
- A completely beaded belt with small buckskin tab at one end and small metal buckle attached by buckskin tab to other. Lined with white cotton with black floral pattern. Light pinkish purple background between vertical bands made up of five multicoloured bars adjacent to each other, each band being …
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 96.0 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt with small buckskin tab at one end and small metal buckle attached by buckskin tab to other. Lined with white cotton with black floral pattern. Light pinkish purple background between vertical bands made up of five multicoloured bars adjacent to each other, each band being different except for the three in the middle which are green, yellow and blue. Edged with a spiral edging of angular black beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0067
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 73.2 cm
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0092
- Description
- A commercial leather belt with steel buckle which has been heavily beaded. Design of white ground which runs from buckle to belt tab with "stepped" design in blue green blue white blue red blue at the extremities, two eyes of green border around red with blue centres. Another stepped design of indi…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- A commercial leather belt with steel buckle which has been heavily beaded. Design of white ground which runs from buckle to belt tab with "stepped" design in blue green blue white blue red blue at the extremities, two eyes of green border around red with blue centres. Another stepped design of indigo blue indigo white indigo red indigo and at the centre back of the belt's a green cross with single cross bar. The beading is direct to leather, no backing or lining.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0092
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass ar…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 80.7 cm
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass around a red rectangle, alternated with harlequin diamonds in green and vermillion bordered in indigo with four points of brass beads also bordered by indigo.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 100.3 cm
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1020
- Description
- Beaded floral pattern on black, shaped velvet belt, lined with cotton, 3 hooks and eyes closings, border of rose coloured beads on sequinism, each fastened separately, open floral pattern, red-orange-mauve flowers with gold and silver centres, stems and leaves are blue-green-gold with red-gold and…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 79.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded floral pattern on black, shaped velvet belt, lined with cotton, 3 hooks and eyes closings, border of rose coloured beads on sequinism, each fastened separately, open floral pattern, red-orange-mauve flowers with gold and silver centres, stems and leaves are blue-green-gold with red-gold and blue-mauve buds, sequins scattered and grouped.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1020
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0004
- Description
- A highly ornamental horse bridle or headstall. The caparison has a crown strap with three runners to the muzzle strap, all with diagonal stripes of beadwork and round beaded medallions at end of nose piece and side runners. There is fringe where the nose piece joins the crown strap
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 (approx.) x 56.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A highly ornamental horse bridle or headstall. The caparison has a crown strap with three runners to the muzzle strap, all with diagonal stripes of beadwork and round beaded medallions at end of nose piece and side runners. There is fringe where the nose piece joins the crown strap
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0004
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0050
- Description
- A decorative horse bridle, heavily beaded canvas. The device when laid flat looks like a pair of cravats, rounded ends at the bottom rosettes at the top, joined by a wide band which would fit across the horse's head. Design of white ground with alternating black and white border in lazy stitch, and…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative horse bridle, heavily beaded canvas. The device when laid flat looks like a pair of cravats, rounded ends at the bottom rosettes at the top, joined by a wide band which would fit across the horse's head. Design of white ground with alternating black and white border in lazy stitch, and three black buffalo, increasing in size as descending down the length, two bison heads and a bison standing right profile. The left rosette is of a bison head, but the right rosette is a replacement and is a stylized sun, a red circle on a white ground. Buckskin thongs at base of "cravats" and tops.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- horse
- Paul Francis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0050
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- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; shell; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1004
- Description
- beaded cravat and black hair neckband, stylized pink/gold/green flowers outlined in blue on pale blue background worked on faded red fabric in shape of cravat, stitched at top to 5.0 cm wide black hide beckband, white bone button stitched to middle of neckband by 2 short dangling strands of .5 cm …
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- Title
- Beaded Cravat
- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; shell; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 12.0 x 53.0 cm
- Description
- beaded cravat and black hair neckband, stylized pink/gold/green flowers outlined in blue on pale blue background worked on faded red fabric in shape of cravat, stitched at top to 5.0 cm wide black hide beckband, white bone button stitched to middle of neckband by 2 short dangling strands of .5 cm diam pale blue beads, a small cowrie shell at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- regalia
- beadwork
- Tom Simeon
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1004
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Beaded Headband
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- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1003
- Description
- Narrow white, round medallion with 4 long tassels, green diagonal stripes outlined in orange, alternating with grey diamond/triangle motif outlined in green, green/grey bead trim along bottom edge, medallion concentric circle of blue/grey, tassels red/grey on buckskin.
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Narrow white, round medallion with 4 long tassels, green diagonal stripes outlined in orange, alternating with grey diamond/triangle motif outlined in green, green/grey bead trim along bottom edge, medallion concentric circle of blue/grey, tassels red/grey on buckskin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Bill Peyto
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1003
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