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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0077 a,b
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at side of gauntlet. Back of hand contains three vertical lines of blue and orange feathers stitch beading. Gauntlet contains tulip like flower with white at centre and orange stamens above outlined with two rows of blue then a single row of …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at side of gauntlet. Back of hand contains three vertical lines of blue and orange feathers stitch beading. Gauntlet contains tulip like flower with white at centre and orange stamens above outlined with two rows of blue then a single row of transparent beads, and a white stem and three leaves with green centres. Floating on each side above are two heart shaped flowers with orange centres outlined with beige, a beige stem and three leaves with brown centres. Notched edge of gauntlet shows where stitched to hand, reinforced stitching around fingers, thumb and gauntlet. Gauntlet lined with muslin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0077 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0101 a,b
- Description
- A pair of small child's gloves of buckskin with beaded design on gauntlet and back of hand, and fringes along outside of gauntlet. Gauntlet has large bell shaped turquoise flower with white and orange pointed petals at the top, with smaller star shaped flowers of green centres with red petals on a …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 22.1 cm
- Description
- A pair of small child's gloves of buckskin with beaded design on gauntlet and back of hand, and fringes along outside of gauntlet. Gauntlet has large bell shaped turquoise flower with white and orange pointed petals at the top, with smaller star shaped flowers of green centres with red petals on a turquoise stem in each corner at the top. Similar flowers with turquoise centres and black petals in each corner of the bottom a single star like blossom medallion with turquoise centre and red petals at the centre of the hand. Completely hand stitched with rolled edge at cuff. Cuff lined with patterned cotton having orange, blue and white oval shapes on black stems.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0101 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0102 a,b
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded, well made gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are made of a single piece of leather folded on inside, fingers with inset panels machine stitched in, and thumb set in as well. Gauntlets of leather with fringes at outsides. Back of hand has a simple white floral motif bordere…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded, well made gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are made of a single piece of leather folded on inside, fingers with inset panels machine stitched in, and thumb set in as well. Gauntlets of leather with fringes at outsides. Back of hand has a simple white floral motif bordered in vermilion, and one in white with a blue centre and bordered in orange, the three blossoms connected by "dotted" beads in rose. Gauntlet is lined with flour sacking cotton.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0102 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0104 a,b
- Description
- A pair of finely made, lightly beaded, gauntleted gloves. The hand bodies are cut from a single piece of hide with the thumb inset, and gauntlet is made from two pieces seamed to the handpiece at the wrist and at the extremities. A fringe of buckskin is added at the outside. The wrist seam is disgu…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of finely made, lightly beaded, gauntleted gloves. The hand bodies are cut from a single piece of hide with the thumb inset, and gauntlet is made from two pieces seamed to the handpiece at the wrist and at the extremities. A fringe of buckskin is added at the outside. The wrist seam is disguised by a strip of lazy stitch green beads with a few lines of red and black. The edges of the gauntlets are bordered in black and white trapezoids, and across the gauntlets three strips of black and white triangles are accented by strips of yellow, vermilion, rose, and green.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0104 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0105 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded gauntleted gloves. Hand body cut from a single piece of buckskin, thumb inset. Heavily beaded gauntlets sewn on at wrist, front panel of gauntlet being of canvas and sewn to buckskin back, with long fringe at outside edge. Pattern is a red ground bordered in yellow and a la…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded gauntleted gloves. Hand body cut from a single piece of buckskin, thumb inset. Heavily beaded gauntlets sewn on at wrist, front panel of gauntlet being of canvas and sewn to buckskin back, with long fringe at outside edge. Pattern is a red ground bordered in yellow and a large bright eight pointed yellow "sun" bordered in black, an inset square of red bordering black and a blue rectangle inside the square.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0105 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1077 a,b
- Description
- Pair of beaded gauntlets. Gauntlets lined with patterned fabric. Back of hand is a floral design of 3 flowers, red, mauve with orange and red with pink. Stem and branches are white. Light green leaves at base and 2 dark green and black leaves at top between the flowers. Gauntlets have a larger fl…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of beaded gauntlets. Gauntlets lined with patterned fabric. Back of hand is a floral design of 3 flowers, red, mauve with orange and red with pink. Stem and branches are white. Light green leaves at base and 2 dark green and black leaves at top between the flowers. Gauntlets have a larger floral design similar to back of hand but with larger flowers and flower buds, 4 at bottom, 2 similar together at the right, and 2 different at the left. Machine sewn gloves and gauntlets. Edges and junction of hand and gauntlet have a leather trim. Fringe along one side.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Fred McCullagh, Banff, 1965
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1077 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1017 a,b
- Description
- A pair beaded gloves with gauntlets, gloves have 3 rows of orange and green stepped design on back of hand, gauntlets, yellow orange black rosette, centre top and green white stems and leaves, hand 18.0 x 10.0, gauntlet 14.0 x 17.0, fringe on gauntlelets ca. 7.5 long.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Description
- A pair beaded gloves with gauntlets, gloves have 3 rows of orange and green stepped design on back of hand, gauntlets, yellow orange black rosette, centre top and green white stems and leaves, hand 18.0 x 10.0, gauntlet 14.0 x 17.0, fringe on gauntlelets ca. 7.5 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1017 a,b
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Horse Toy, Animal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.1002
- Date
- 1939
- Material
- wood; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1002
- Description
- Carved, elongated horse with buckskin saddle. Simply carved horse with short legs and long body. Padded buckskin "squaw" saddle trimmed with orange and light coloured beadwork. Extra piece of buckskin goes around saddle and girth of horse. In pencil on belly of horse "1939 Stoney".
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- Title
- Horse Toy, Animal
- Date
- 1939
- Material
- wood; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 3.8 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- Carved, elongated horse with buckskin saddle. Simply carved horse with short legs and long body. Padded buckskin "squaw" saddle trimmed with orange and light coloured beadwork. Extra piece of buckskin goes around saddle and girth of horse. In pencil on belly of horse "1939 Stoney".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- playthings
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1002
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely co…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely covered with white beads with blue and green band pattern. A canvas flap follows the curved edge of the sheath and is completely covered with light blue beadwork containing diagonal patterned stripes of green and purple with short fringe of buckskin along outer edge. Bead stitching shows on back side of flap; double slit cut into skin near top on back of sheath.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- hunting
- Paul Amos
- Three Buffalo Bull
- Norma Piper Pocaterra
- Johnny Bearspaw
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1052 a,b
- Description
- Child's, plain smoked leather leggings, one piece construction, 2 sides with cut-in fringes, top plain, other sides with cut-in thongs for closure.
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- Title
- Leggings
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Child's, plain smoked leather leggings, one piece construction, 2 sides with cut-in fringes, top plain, other sides with cut-in thongs for closure.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1052 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre, plant
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1014 a-d
- Description
- High, unbeaded buckskin, moss stuffing (separate) Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece to shape of foot, long rectangular tongue, tall ankle flap, long buckskin laces at ankle, separate packages of green moss from trees, natural prairie hay with tags explaining use with moccasins.
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- Title
- Moccasins
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre, plant
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 11.0 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- High, unbeaded buckskin, moss stuffing (separate) Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece to shape of foot, long rectangular tongue, tall ankle flap, long buckskin laces at ankle, separate packages of green moss from trees, natural prairie hay with tags explaining use with moccasins.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1014 a-d
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- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1002
- Description
- A rectangular piece of leather with a painted picture of a man on a horse. Below the picture there is a poem, “MY FRIEND Oh, the world is wide and the world is grand, And there’s little or nothing new; But the sweetest thing is the grip of the hand Of the friend that’s tried and true.” The leat…
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- Title
- Picture
- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Description
- A rectangular piece of leather with a painted picture of a man on a horse. Below the picture there is a poem, “MY FRIEND Oh, the world is wide and the world is grand, And there’s little or nothing new; But the sweetest thing is the grip of the hand Of the friend that’s tried and true.” The leather is attached to a piece of wood at the top that has an arched leather hanger attached to the wood with metal tacks.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- gifts
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Ed (Mrs.) Jamieson, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1002
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Shillelagh Club
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.06.1001
- Date
- 1933
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1001
- Description
- A dark coloured wooden club with a rectangular shaped head (6.0 x 5.7) at one end. The head has a depression in it and a hole has been bored (8.2 cm from the end) through the handle through which a ribbon is wound and tied in a circle for use as a wrist strap. The handle is inscribed "MM/17 May 193…
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- Title
- Shillelagh Club
- Date
- 1933
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 5.7 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A dark coloured wooden club with a rectangular shaped head (6.0 x 5.7) at one end. The head has a depression in it and a hole has been bored (8.2 cm from the end) through the handle through which a ribbon is wound and tied in a circle for use as a wrist strap. The handle is inscribed "MM/17 May 1933"
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Fred McCullagh, Banff, 1965
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1001
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Souvenir Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1171
- Date
- 1936
- Material
- skin; paint; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1171
- Description
- A soft, deerskin, souvenir notebook cover with a painted design on the front. One piece of deerskin (22.50cm in length), is folded over to make a cover for a notebook (missing). The front of the cover has “- Notes -“ painted in a brown colour on top, an image of a person wearing a feather headdress…
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- Title
- Souvenir Holder
- Date
- 1936
- Material
- skin; paint; fabric
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A soft, deerskin, souvenir notebook cover with a painted design on the front. One piece of deerskin (22.50cm in length), is folded over to make a cover for a notebook (missing). The front of the cover has “- Notes -“ painted in a brown colour on top, an image of a person wearing a feather headdress painted white, red and black, paddling a red, yellow, white and black canoe. The paddle is yellow. There are blue, white and black straight and wavy lines simulating moving water around the canoe. In the background, to the viewer’s left, there is an outline in black of a rock, behind which are green, yellow and black trees, and an outline, in black and yellow, of a mountain much further away in distance. On the viewer’s right are more trees in green, yellow and black. Below the painted man and canoe the words “Banff” and underneath “Canada” are painted in brown. There are some diagonal lines painted around the edges of the cover simulating fringes. When opened and flap is lifted, starting 0.50cm from the fold, the leather is stitched all around with brown thread to attach a small horizontally-cut piece of leather (2.0cmx7.5wide) for the notebook to hold the notebook. On the viewer’s right there is also a piece of folded leather (2.30cmx2cm wide) stitched on. This piece extends 1.50cm beyond the edge, creating a space to hold a pencil vertically.
- Subject
- souvenir
- writing
- Banff
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Brian D. Doran, St. Albert, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1171
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- horn
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0674
- Description
- Hand carved scoop or spoon from natural Bighorn sheep horn. Shows natural ridges and colouration. Has been hand carved in places.
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- Title
- Spoon
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- horn
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 4.2 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Hand carved scoop or spoon from natural Bighorn sheep horn. Shows natural ridges and colouration. Has been hand carved in places.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- craft
- kitchen
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0674
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- stone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0018
- Description
- A swinging club with head of carved sandstone with deep groove for handle thong and three shallow incised grooves decorating larger side. A flexible handle of twisted buckskin cord is knotted around groove in rock with both ends wrapped together with a buckskin strip just below rock and again in m…
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- Title
- Swinging Club
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- stone; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.5 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- A swinging club with head of carved sandstone with deep groove for handle thong and three shallow incised grooves decorating larger side. A flexible handle of twisted buckskin cord is knotted around groove in rock with both ends wrapped together with a buckskin strip just below rock and again in middle of handle. Ends are knotted together with extra length of twisted buckskin hanging below.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0018
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.51.1001
- Description
- Three strips of leather thong. One piece is light beige. Two pieces are grey and twisted together.
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- Title
- Thong
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Description
- Three strips of leather thong. One piece is light beige. Two pieces are grey and twisted together.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- leatherworking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.51.1001
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0243
- Description
- A basketry hand bag, generally rectilinear, flat woven base and bird cage weave walls. Two strap handles connected to the upper rim of the basket, both rim and handles of heavier root fibre. A wide strip of fibre is woven in near base and near upper rim, darker brown, with yellow border. Major wall…
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- Title
- Tote Bag
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 11.5 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A basketry hand bag, generally rectilinear, flat woven base and bird cage weave walls. Two strap handles connected to the upper rim of the basket, both rim and handles of heavier root fibre. A wide strip of fibre is woven in near base and near upper rim, darker brown, with yellow border. Major walls of basket depict a killer whale apparently being picked up a large bird thunderbird? The whale in black and the bird of black and purple with orange head, yellow bill, and blue green claws. On the minor panels are two canoes each with two paddlers in each.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- craft
- animal
- killer whale
- thunderbird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0243
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0245
- Description
- A flat based handwoven rectilinear tote bag, decorated with Nootka motifs. The base is a flat woven wide strand tabby of roots, which at the base angle is separated and drawn up into the walls which are woven in a bird cage weave with a light fibre. On one major wall is a whale with mouth open and …
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- Title
- Tote Bag
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 10.5 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A flat based handwoven rectilinear tote bag, decorated with Nootka motifs. The base is a flat woven wide strand tabby of roots, which at the base angle is separated and drawn up into the walls which are woven in a bird cage weave with a light fibre. On one major wall is a whale with mouth open and tail flukes above water, on the observe is a thunderbird with red feet and claws and yellow striped wings. On the minor ends are canoes, five passenger style of grey and burgundy. The handles on the bag are braided and extend down the interior walls of the bag, through the base, across it and stitched to the base rim.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- craft
- animal
- whale
- thunderbird
- canoe
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0245
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0180
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0180
- Description
- A flat bottomed birchbark, cylindrical box with snug lid fitting flange. Walls are sturdy bark sewn and glued to base and both box and lid are lined with finer bark. Rim of box and lid are both ringed with grass sewn to them. Wall of box is quilled, quills extending over bottom to base. Lid is also…
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 5.9 cm
- Description
- A flat bottomed birchbark, cylindrical box with snug lid fitting flange. Walls are sturdy bark sewn and glued to base and both box and lid are lined with finer bark. Rim of box and lid are both ringed with grass sewn to them. Wall of box is quilled, quills extending over bottom to base. Lid is also similarly almost completely covered with quill work, with dyed quills in red and yellow forming criss-cross pattern on bare birchbark, and quills in brown and cream filling in the rest of the area. Very nicely done.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0180
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