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- Date
- 1979
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3003
- Description
- Plain skin bag, rounded bottom edge with fringe ( 7.8 cm long), 1.5 cm wide strap has scalloped edge. Round beaded design has a dark blue background with an orange diamond in the centre and white and red chevrons above and below the diamond. Tag attached: “David Bearspaw Feb 7/79 bag.”
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1979
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Plain skin bag, rounded bottom edge with fringe ( 7.8 cm long), 1.5 cm wide strap has scalloped edge. Round beaded design has a dark blue background with an orange diamond in the centre and white and red chevrons above and below the diamond. Tag attached: “David Bearspaw Feb 7/79 bag.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3003
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Beaded Blanket Strip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.07.3052
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3052
- Description
- Blanket strip with three large circles (diameter 26.0 cm) joined by two indented rectangles. The circles are each beaded with a red and white pinwheel on a blue background. Each rectangle has red and white chevrons and diamonds on a blue background. The entire piece is backed with canvas. Tag at…
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- Title
- Beaded Blanket Strip
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 114.6 cm
- Description
- Blanket strip with three large circles (diameter 26.0 cm) joined by two indented rectangles. The circles are each beaded with a red and white pinwheel on a blue background. Each rectangle has red and white chevrons and diamonds on a blue background. The entire piece is backed with canvas. Tag attached “Alec Baptiste “blanket decoration” Feb 12/75.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3052
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Beaded Martingale
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.3022
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3022
- Description
- Two beaded strips with orange, black and white diamonds on a blue ground. The strips have thong ties at one end and are joined by three blue heart-shaped patches at the opposite end. Each patch is blue with an orange, black and white diamond at the centre. All of the pieces are outlined with ora…
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- Title
- Beaded Martingale
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Two beaded strips with orange, black and white diamonds on a blue ground. The strips have thong ties at one end and are joined by three blue heart-shaped patches at the opposite end. Each patch is blue with an orange, black and white diamond at the centre. All of the pieces are outlined with orange and worked on canvas. Tag attached: “David Bearspaw Sept 6/78.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3022
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Belt Equipment Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1088
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1088
- Description
- A tanned leather, tool holder that attaches to a belt; used for mountaineering. There are four rivetted holes, which keeps the pieces of leather together, creating an opening to slip a belt through. There is an etched mountain on the front with a climbing tool in front of it.
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- Title
- Belt Equipment Holder
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A tanned leather, tool holder that attaches to a belt; used for mountaineering. There are four rivetted holes, which keeps the pieces of leather together, creating an opening to slip a belt through. There is an etched mountain on the front with a climbing tool in front of it.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1088
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- wood; rubber; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3022
- Description
- Wooden cane with crook handle at top. Section near bottom of cane is wrapped with black rubber and black tape. Tag attached with CRW’s writing ”belonged to Old David Simeon Jack Labelle brought it Nov 13 1973.”
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- wood; rubber; fibre
- Dimensions
- 83.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden cane with crook handle at top. Section near bottom of cane is wrapped with black rubber and black tape. Tag attached with CRW’s writing ”belonged to Old David Simeon Jack Labelle brought it Nov 13 1973.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3022
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Canis Lupus Tail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.3001
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3001
- Description
- White fluffy tail with dark tip. Tag attached with CRW writing: “Noah gave it to me Aug 4 1974” and on the reverse “Belonged to Mrs. Noah Goat.”
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- Title
- Canis Lupus Tail
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 8.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- White fluffy tail with dark tip. Tag attached with CRW writing: “Noah gave it to me Aug 4 1974” and on the reverse “Belonged to Mrs. Noah Goat.”
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- animals, wolf
- Noah Goat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3001
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1081 a-d
- Description
- Four aluminum carabiners linked together, a combination of spring latch loaded closure system: (a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.0x4.5cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then raised in block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G” engraved, on op…
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- Title
- Carabiner
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Four aluminum carabiners linked together, a combination of spring latch loaded closure system: (a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.0x4.5cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then raised in block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G” engraved, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN” on the opposite side.(b) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.5x5.0cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism; on one side engraved “H” and then in raised block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” on the opposite side.(c) An oval-shaped aluminum carabiner (10.0x5.0cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism; “BEDAYN CALIFORNIA” engraved on side.(d) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (11.5.x6.0cm high) with a screw-locking ring mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H G”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1081 a-d
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1084 a-c
- Description
- Three small rope ladders with metal bars for steps; two ladders are the same type and appear to be handmade:(a) (118.5cm with nylon cord extension 168.0) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook (written in scipt “C…
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- Title
- Climbing Ladder
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- Three small rope ladders with metal bars for steps; two ladders are the same type and appear to be handmade:(a) (118.5cm with nylon cord extension 168.0) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook (written in scipt “Charlet-Maser”) with a hole in the top and one in the bottom where the rope is looped through. There are remnants of red lettering on the inside the first bar ”ISER AN .032” followed by a star inside a circle.(b) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook with a hole in the top through which a thin blue and white nylon cord is looped through and knotted and one in the bottom where white, heavier rope is looped through and then knotted. (c) The third ladder consists of three aluminum bars with white, light nylon rope looped through the holes at either end and tied. Machine engraved on the side of each bar “TRADE, logo, MARK” and underneath “TOP.S. ALPINE EQUIPMENT”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1084 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1041 a-g
- Description
- 2 pieces of rescue rope, one long, other is shorter, with pulleys, carabiners and one locking device.
- Title
- Climbing Rope
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- 2 pieces of rescue rope, one long, other is shorter, with pulleys, carabiners and one locking device.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1041 a-g
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fibre; plastic; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3027 a-g
- Description
- Seven piece machine sewn regalia set made of dark purple-blue faux suede lined with light blue fabric. Each piece has white commercial fringe and some element of a stylized pink, white and yellow floral motif.a) Vest (43.0 x 46.0 cm) with no front fasteners.b,c) Leg cuffs (47.0 x 34.0 cm) with two…
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- Title
- Dance Regalia
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fibre; plastic; glass
- Description
- Seven piece machine sewn regalia set made of dark purple-blue faux suede lined with light blue fabric. Each piece has white commercial fringe and some element of a stylized pink, white and yellow floral motif.a) Vest (43.0 x 46.0 cm) with no front fasteners.b,c) Leg cuffs (47.0 x 34.0 cm) with two rows of fringe along the bottom edge and hidden snap closures.d,e) Arm cuffs (27.0 x 15.0 cm) with hidden snap closures.f) Large apron (79.0 x 75.0 cm) with centred long hanging section at front. There are four hide ties, one at each corner.g) Small apron (48.0 x 29.0 cm) with long hide ties. Tag attached: “Aug. 10. 1973 Gerald Kaquitts is putting Dancing Costume toward’s he’s bill. what ever it cost’s and would like to borrow enough money for a down payment for a truck. I have brought it over.” with the signature “F. Kaquitts.”
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- regalia
- beadwork
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3027 a-g
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Daypack Backpack
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.1135
- Date
- 1979
- Material
- canvas; leather; metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1135
- Description
- A well-made green canvas rucksack with leather straps and metal buckles. It has a drawstring closure with metal grommets through which a woven cord is passed through and tied. The flap is a separate piece of canvas sewn onto the sack which is darted and rounded to fit neatly over the top of the pac…
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- Title
- Daypack Backpack
- Date
- 1979
- Material
- canvas; leather; metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 50 x 41 cm
- Description
- A well-made green canvas rucksack with leather straps and metal buckles. It has a drawstring closure with metal grommets through which a woven cord is passed through and tied. The flap is a separate piece of canvas sewn onto the sack which is darted and rounded to fit neatly over the top of the pack. A leather strap is attached to the flap by two rivets stamped with the words “WIDE STEEL SHANK” (Note: all rivets mentioned have this lettering). The main sack/bag has a white label sewn onto the top bearing the trademark “A & F” in red thread and “Abercrombie & Fitch Co.” in blue, underneath this “NEW YORK”. Underneath the label the word “MILLS” is hand printed in black indelible ink. There are two flapped pockets attached to the front of the bag; each flap has a leather strap attached to it by one rivet. The pocket has a metal buckle attached to the flap by piece of folded leather attached by two rivets. Between the pockets is another metal buckle attached by piece of folded leather and two rivets. On the back of the bag there is a piece of leather sewn onto the top and two straps for arms to go through; each strap is attached by two rivets; 5cm from the bottom and 3.5cm from each side there are two pieces of green corded material 6.5x2w cm folded over and sewn with green thread in an X-shaped pattern. On the bottom sides of the pack there are two folded pieces of leather, through which a metal ring is inserted, attached by two rivets. A metal push clip that hooks through the ring has a folded leather piece held together by one rivet. Through these two folds the buckle and the clip are attached.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Edwin W. Mills
- Credit
- Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1135
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1166
- Description
- scene created in a box with a mirror at the back and glass in the remaining three sides. There is a tepee and two figures, a woman seated by a drying frame and a man standing up. The ground is covered in moss.
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- Title
- Diorama
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 34.2 x 25.0 x 44.6 cm
- Description
- scene created in a box with a mirror at the back and glass in the remaining three sides. There is a tepee and two figures, a woman seated by a drying frame and a man standing up. The ground is covered in moss.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1166
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fabric; fleece;metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0415
- Description
- A brown, thick, sherpa-style vest with four gold buttons that fasten with brown elastic loops. Buttons depict a crest with lions.
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- Title
- Fleece Vest
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fabric; fleece;metal
- Dimensions
- 71.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A brown, thick, sherpa-style vest with four gold buttons that fasten with brown elastic loops. Buttons depict a crest with lions.
- Subject
- mountaineering
- climbing
- outerwear
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0415
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- Date
- 1974
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3011 a,b
- Description
- Two fleshers made from white tail deer bone, each with one end cut at an angle to create a scraping edge.a) The end of this scraper has narrow parallel cuts creating a toothed blade with some teeth broken off. There is a hole drilled through the end of the handle. Tag: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.…
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- Title
- Flesher
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (a); 3.0 (b) x 26.0 (a); 22.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two fleshers made from white tail deer bone, each with one end cut at an angle to create a scraping edge.a) The end of this scraper has narrow parallel cuts creating a toothed blade with some teeth broken off. There is a hole drilled through the end of the handle. Tag: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.”b) Smaller bone scraper with tag with CRW writing: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3011 a,b
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- Date
- 1977
- Material
- skin; wood; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0017
- Description
- A round hand drum of creamy coloured rawhide stretched over carefully constructed and reinforced wooden frame hoop. Edges of rawhide pierced and laced with heavy sinew along circumference of hoop with lacing caught at evenly spaced intervals with other pieces of sinew which are stretched tightly ac…
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1977
- Material
- skin; wood; sinew
- Dimensions
- 5.4 x 31.3 cm
- Description
- A round hand drum of creamy coloured rawhide stretched over carefully constructed and reinforced wooden frame hoop. Edges of rawhide pierced and laced with heavy sinew along circumference of hoop with lacing caught at evenly spaced intervals with other pieces of sinew which are stretched tightly across back of drum and woven about in a ring with another piece of sinew at the centre. Face of drum scratched.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0017
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- Date
- 1979
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1132 a,b
- Description
- A pair of brown leather, over the ankle, square-toed hiking boots with light brown cotton laces. Each boot has six lace hooks (lacing lugs) and one grommetted eyelet on each side. The sole is separate and stitiched to the boot.
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- Title
- Hiking Boots
- Date
- 1979
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 9.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of brown leather, over the ankle, square-toed hiking boots with light brown cotton laces. Each boot has six lace hooks (lacing lugs) and one grommetted eyelet on each side. The sole is separate and stitiched to the boot.
- Subject
- sports
- hiking
- climbing
- Catharine Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1132 a,b
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Horse Figure, Toy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0021
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0021
- Description
- A roughly carved wooden horse standing atop a very rough and weathered piece of wood which has been sawed off at one end. Horse is angular and flat on the sides with slight carving at the edges to give form, with the head and tail completely carved around.
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- Title
- Horse Figure, Toy
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 7.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A roughly carved wooden horse standing atop a very rough and weathered piece of wood which has been sawed off at one end. Horse is angular and flat on the sides with slight carving at the edges to give form, with the head and tail completely carved around.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0021
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- Date
- 1973 – 1990
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1080 a,b
- Description
- A metal ice axe and hammer, Terradactyl, with woven strap handles.(a) a metal ice climbing axe with pink and blue woven strap and another white flat woven strap, metal adze shovel shaped and the other side-serated edge, drooped pick (b) woven flat yellow strap, one end flat hammer, the other side s…
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- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1973 – 1990
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Description
- A metal ice axe and hammer, Terradactyl, with woven strap handles.(a) a metal ice climbing axe with pink and blue woven strap and another white flat woven strap, metal adze shovel shaped and the other side-serated edge, drooped pick (b) woven flat yellow strap, one end flat hammer, the other side serated edge.
- Subject
- Chic Scott
- sports
- climbing
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1080 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1085
- Description
- Typical ice axe, extra long plain pick and dished spade. Engraved on side of pick "Cassin". Point is 10.0 long with 4.3 long solid point. Wooden handle is broken below head.
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- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 31.3 x 80.5 cm
- Description
- Typical ice axe, extra long plain pick and dished spade. Engraved on side of pick "Cassin". Point is 10.0 long with 4.3 long solid point. Wooden handle is broken below head.
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1085
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- Date
- 1973 – 1990
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1079
- Description
- One metal ice hammer with a fabric wrapped handle and a red woven strap attached near the spike at the base of the handle.
- Title
- Ice Hammer
- Date
- 1973 – 1990
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Description
- One metal ice hammer with a fabric wrapped handle and a red woven strap attached near the spike at the base of the handle.
- Subject
- Chic Scott
- sports
- climbing
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1079
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