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- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and white crosses and two black chevrons, at the centre with white and black chevrons pointing toward the hexagon. Each corner of the beadwork has a green and white cross. Handsewn with thread, not sinew
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0068
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centr…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 100.0 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centre. Long edges have light blue border of diagonal beading.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0068
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0069
- Description
- A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangle…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangles with their points together made of small squares of red, blue, yellow and green beads. At each side between two diamonds is an orange white orange diagonal stripe and a dark red blue dark red diagonal line with a blue and red stepped "X" between. The long edges have red and white beaded edging. Belt is lined with muslin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0069
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- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt b…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt bordered by pearly white beads. Plain cotton backing, buckskin ties at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Reba Bearspaw
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small buckskin thong at each corner for fastening belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller c…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 82.2 cm
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cross bars contain more regular diamonds. The edges are trimmed with skyline bead fringe. Backing is a commercial cotton floral print.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 78.2 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
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- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Sub…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Substantial border along each edge of orange and green hands worked in lazy stitch. Edging of white beads interrupted with a single green bead.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
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- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0110
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0110
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons …
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 115.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons of indigo and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 6.4 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1088
- Description
- Large beaded belt, orange background with blue and white hourglass pattern and yellow and blue steps. Skin tabs and ties at ends, cotton backing.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 106.0 cm
- Description
- Large beaded belt, orange background with blue and white hourglass pattern and yellow and blue steps. Skin tabs and ties at ends, cotton backing.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1088
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1091
- Description
- Large beaded belt with yellow fabric backing, skin tabs and ties on ends. Beadwork light blue background with red and dark blue diamonds, red and green mountain edging.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 110.0 cm
- Description
- Large beaded belt with yellow fabric backing, skin tabs and ties on ends. Beadwork light blue background with red and dark blue diamonds, red and green mountain edging.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1091
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- Date
- c. 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3011 a,b
- Description
- Fully beaded on canvas, buckskin ties on ends (2 on a; 1 on b). Light blue background with square design of yellow with dark blue border and white and red hourglass shapes inside. Geometric motif in blue, red and white two on both ends. Three groups in all. Both belts have loose beads along the…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- c. 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded on canvas, buckskin ties on ends (2 on a; 1 on b). Light blue background with square design of yellow with dark blue border and white and red hourglass shapes inside. Geometric motif in blue, red and white two on both ends. Three groups in all. Both belts have loose beads along the edges and small sections of missing beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3011 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3021
- Description
- Belt has white beaded background with red designs in shape of a person. Buckskin thongs on ends. Two bead strips (12.0 cm wide) of same design hang from belt and have long (37.0 cm) buckskin fringes.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 88.0 cm
- Description
- Belt has white beaded background with red designs in shape of a person. Buckskin thongs on ends. Two bead strips (12.0 cm wide) of same design hang from belt and have long (37.0 cm) buckskin fringes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- dance
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3021
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Beaded Bracelet
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- Date
- 1948 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0062
- Description
- A small thong style, tying bracelet of buckskin, in more or less trifolium shape, trifolium decorated with bead pattern in blue, red and yellow.
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- Title
- Beaded Bracelet
- Date
- 1948 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A small thong style, tying bracelet of buckskin, in more or less trifolium shape, trifolium decorated with bead pattern in blue, red and yellow.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0062
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Des…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Design is dark blue ground bordered by light blue beads and on the blue ground double ended arrows in light blue, bordered by orange emanating from double diamonds in orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0075
- Description
- A heavily beaded collar with huge pendant hanging from it. Pendant bears an eagle in black and white with yellow bill, claws, and eye. Red pendant is heart shaped, beaded directly on canvas, heart shaped with buckskin backing stripe of bands. Ties at ends, and buckskin backing. Matches 103.07.00…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded collar with huge pendant hanging from it. Pendant bears an eagle in black and white with yellow bill, claws, and eye. Red pendant is heart shaped, beaded directly on canvas, heart shaped with buckskin backing stripe of bands. Ties at ends, and buckskin backing. Matches 103.07.0074.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0075
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0076
- Description
- A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the …
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the "cravat" is fringed in white and red beads. Collar closes by button and button loop of buckskin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Beatrice Poucette
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0076
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- Date
- prior to 1969
- Material
- fibre; plastic; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3046
- Description
- Horseshoe shaped collar in red cotton with heavier fabric backing, buckskin ties. Completely fringed with white strings. Gold sequins in shamrock shape, one on each side. One has pink sequinned lines in the centre, other has blue. Tag in CRW's writing: "Hazel Hunter" "pawned Sept. 13, 1969."
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- prior to 1969
- Material
- fibre; plastic; skin
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Horseshoe shaped collar in red cotton with heavier fabric backing, buckskin ties. Completely fringed with white strings. Gold sequins in shamrock shape, one on each side. One has pink sequinned lines in the centre, other has blue. Tag in CRW's writing: "Hazel Hunter" "pawned Sept. 13, 1969."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3046
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