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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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0004
- 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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0047
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0047
- Description
- A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 1…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 10 cm long buckskin strips sewn to the back, parallel to the length of the piece, and thongs at both ends.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0047
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0050
- 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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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0052%20a-c
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin; feathers
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0052 a-c
- Description
- Three pieces of beaded canvas with various ties on them, the two longer strips having feathers connected as well. The two longer strips are a red ground with bare canvas ends, and three like patterns of triangles in yellow with stepped square black tops on either side of a stepped square pink cross…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin; feathers
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 55.5 cm
- Description
- Three pieces of beaded canvas with various ties on them, the two longer strips having feathers connected as well. The two longer strips are a red ground with bare canvas ends, and three like patterns of triangles in yellow with stepped square black tops on either side of a stepped square pink cross with black edges. Two buckskin thongs at the midpoint. The feathers are connected at the edges adjacent to the patterned points. The shorter strip has a red ground and two of the same pattern on it, and ties at either end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0052 a-c
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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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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1003 a,b
- Description
- Pair of beaded buckskin glove and gauntlet decoration. (a) Glove back 9.8x10.5, solid beadwork, white background. Three points at knuckles, green, red, violet horseshoe design, attached to gauntlet. Gauntlet back 19.5x20.0 with 9.0 long fringe. White background, dark and light green and gold le…
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Description
- Pair of beaded buckskin glove and gauntlet decoration. (a) Glove back 9.8x10.5, solid beadwork, white background. Three points at knuckles, green, red, violet horseshoe design, attached to gauntlet. Gauntlet back 19.5x20.0 with 9.0 long fringe. White background, dark and light green and gold leaves and stems. Three blossoms red, dark blue and gold. Silver beads at tips of blossoms. (b) same as (a) but without fringe.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1003 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1049
- Description
- long, beaded, white buckskin dress with fringes, pullover style, full length, front and back one piece each, arms sewn on, long fringes at yoke (ca. 31.0) fringes at shoulder seams, arms, sides and arm openings, fringe cut into bottom of skirt, front has symmetrical beading: 5 point white star with…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 120.0 cm
- Description
- long, beaded, white buckskin dress with fringes, pullover style, full length, front and back one piece each, arms sewn on, long fringes at yoke (ca. 31.0) fringes at shoulder seams, arms, sides and arm openings, fringe cut into bottom of skirt, front has symmetrical beading: 5 point white star with red (13.0) 2 rosettes, 2 spades, 2 clubs, on back: 1star, 2 rosettes on shoulders, down the arms triangular shape with 2 diamonds, 6 brass bells tied onto fringes at back.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Pearl Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1049
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1047
- Description
- White buckskin with beads, Pearl Moore's, plain neck opening has thongs to tie at shoulders, 3 rosettes, 2 green,white and red other blue, white and red, on front, horizontal bead strip 36.0 x 3.2 has 3 beadstrips hanging down, beading ca 18.0 long on buckskin strip ca 30.0 long, ends cut into frin…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 99.0 cm
- Description
- White buckskin with beads, Pearl Moore's, plain neck opening has thongs to tie at shoulders, 3 rosettes, 2 green,white and red other blue, white and red, on front, horizontal bead strip 36.0 x 3.2 has 3 beadstrips hanging down, beading ca 18.0 long on buckskin strip ca 30.0 long, ends cut into fringe, same on back except only one rosette, fringe at breast and waist, 11 buckskin rosettes with thongs hanging from centre, on skirt, fringes at bottom of dress.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Pearl Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1047
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.1003
- 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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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0002
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- glass; feather; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0002
- Description
- A headband woven on a bead loom with white beads forming a background with a pattern of green and orange diamonds. There is green and orange beaded trim along one edge. The band holds two feathers from a bald eagle(?) at the back.
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- glass; feather; fibre
- Dimensions
- 56.0 (circumference) cm
- Description
- A headband woven on a bead loom with white beads forming a background with a pattern of green and orange diamonds. There is green and orange beaded trim along one edge. The band holds two feathers from a bald eagle(?) at the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0002
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.1005
- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1005
- Description
- Stoney beadwork, narrow blue with 3 small red H-motifs laying on sides evenly spaced with the tips and centre bar of H dark blue, two thongs either end, 12.0 cm long
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 2.0 x 36.4 cm
- Description
- Stoney beadwork, narrow blue with 3 small red H-motifs laying on sides evenly spaced with the tips and centre bar of H dark blue, two thongs either end, 12.0 cm long
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1005
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0095
- Description
- A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flowers, smoked buckskin, edges pinked. Cut western style with collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and pockets with front opening full length. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front ti…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flowers, smoked buckskin, edges pinked. Cut western style with collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and pockets with front opening full length. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front ties closed with four sets of buckskin thongs. Six large beaded flowers on two front pockets, front yoke and back are shades of blue with red and yellow accents, with yellow leaves outlined in green. Each side of front band contains four chevrons in shades of blue with red accents, pointing toward front opening. Machine stitched and completely lined with cream coloured fabric. Two inside breast pockets with stitching above to indicate that there may have been flaps there at one time.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- CRW
- Catharine Robb Whyte
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0095
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0096
- Description
- A man's smoked, tan buckskin jacket cut in western style with beaded medallions and flowers. Unlined and raw cut at hem with pinked collar, stitched down cuffs on sleeves and four front pockets. 12.0 cm long fringes down back of arms continuing across yoke at back, full length front band contains …
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- A man's smoked, tan buckskin jacket cut in western style with beaded medallions and flowers. Unlined and raw cut at hem with pinked collar, stitched down cuffs on sleeves and four front pockets. 12.0 cm long fringes down back of arms continuing across yoke at back, full length front band contains five red and white floral medallions outlined in red with two spikey leaves pointing up and down. Two upper pockets each contain large red, black, yellow and blue medallion with pink and yellow sparkly leaves at bottom, and small leaves on a stem at the top. Bottom pockets each contain light blue medallions joined by yellow, black and red lines forming a diamond shape between. Sleeve cuffs each have three beaded flowers. Buttonhole at neckband, button missing .
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Peter Whye
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0096
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1164
- Description
- Light coloured beaded buckskin jacket with three pockets on the front and no fasteners. The jacket resembles a sportscoat. There is beaded decoration on the front pockets, on the front placket, and on the yoke at the back. There is fringe hanging from the bottom seam of the yoke.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 150.3 x 78.4 cm
- Description
- Light coloured beaded buckskin jacket with three pockets on the front and no fasteners. The jacket resembles a sportscoat. There is beaded decoration on the front pockets, on the front placket, and on the yoke at the back. There is fringe hanging from the bottom seam of the yoke.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1164
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0076 a,b
- Description
- A pair of short leggings, calf length only, heavily beaded canvas with buckskin thong ties. Pattern is principally of clear glass beads with a border of black beads lazy stitched at all edges of the trapezoid form, the upper portion has a pattern of outlined linked diamonds in black beads, below it…
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of short leggings, calf length only, heavily beaded canvas with buckskin thong ties. Pattern is principally of clear glass beads with a border of black beads lazy stitched at all edges of the trapezoid form, the upper portion has a pattern of outlined linked diamonds in black beads, below it are three squared arches in black, and below them are two stylized "suns" of blue and gold in four pointed stepped square geometric form.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0076 a,b
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0081 a,b
- Description
- A pair of leggings of pieced white buckskin, edges pinked, and thongs drawn through to the front to form a sparse fringe beside the beadstrip decoration. Beadstrip is of white ground with small blue diamonds with white and red interiors stemming from square stepped triangles with red crosses in the…
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 81.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of leggings of pieced white buckskin, edges pinked, and thongs drawn through to the front to form a sparse fringe beside the beadstrip decoration. Beadstrip is of white ground with small blue diamonds with white and red interiors stemming from square stepped triangles with red crosses in the middle. At the ends are three blue bordered yellow hourglass like figures. The bead strip is beaded canvas which has been sewn to the legging.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0081 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0087 a,b
- Description
- A pair of sturdy buckskin, light, leggings, grubby but in good shape. Decorated with a beaded buckskin strip of a green ground with triangles of red and yellow edged in stepped squares of blue and white, alternating with squares of blue inside orange, inside blue inside white. Lazy stitch throughou…
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of sturdy buckskin, light, leggings, grubby but in good shape. Decorated with a beaded buckskin strip of a green ground with triangles of red and yellow edged in stepped squares of blue and white, alternating with squares of blue inside orange, inside blue inside white. Lazy stitch throughout. The cuff is edged and sewn separately, and the top is felled and seamed, very short fringe on outside, and the thongs which close the leggings are drawn through to become an additional fringe. A circle of green beads decorates the back of the knee.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0087 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- skin; hair; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1017 a,b
- Description
- Tanned white buckskin, white and green beadstrip with ermine tails. Tapered, one piece buckskin folded and sewn on outside with hanging ermine tails, thongs, alternatively. Beadstrip along same edge. Beads white with 3 blus and green X's, 2 rectangular between, canvas back. Buckskin knotched fr…
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- skin; hair; glass;
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 81.0 cm
- Description
- Tanned white buckskin, white and green beadstrip with ermine tails. Tapered, one piece buckskin folded and sewn on outside with hanging ermine tails, thongs, alternatively. Beadstrip along same edge. Beads white with 3 blus and green X's, 2 rectangular between, canvas back. Buckskin knotched frince bottom of legging and top outside edge. Canvas loops to attach to belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1017 a,b
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Beaded Moccasin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0016
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0016
- Description
- A single, soft soled, moccasin shaped to the foot. This moccasin has one piece construction with an ankle flap and tongue, and ties with leather thong at the ankle. Beadwork on the toe is in a diamond shape and beadwork in a bow shape is on the instep. The beads are dark blue, light blue, red an…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasin
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 24.0 cm
- Description
- A single, soft soled, moccasin shaped to the foot. This moccasin has one piece construction with an ankle flap and tongue, and ties with leather thong at the ankle. Beadwork on the toe is in a diamond shape and beadwork in a bow shape is on the instep. The beads are dark blue, light blue, red and white. A paper tag reading “$4970” is safety pinned to the thong.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0016
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