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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0294
- Description
- A nearly square buckskin purse with back completely beaded with an eagle. Narrow strip set in between front and back to allow for depth. Pointed buckskin flap with notched edge and slit at the point, buttons over a buckskin toggle sewn to the purse beneath. Long narrow notch edged buckskin strap ha…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 3.5 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- A nearly square buckskin purse with back completely beaded with an eagle. Narrow strip set in between front and back to allow for depth. Pointed buckskin flap with notched edge and slit at the point, buttons over a buckskin toggle sewn to the purse beneath. Long narrow notch edged buckskin strap handle. Beaded back panel trimmed with narrow bands of notched buckskin, contains a black eagle contour beaded with white head and white tipped tail feathers, yellow beak and talons, on a blue green background. Interior of purse lined with yellowish beige fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- animal
- eagle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0294
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0295
- Description
- A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped moti…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped motif at centre of small blue, yellow, red and green squares. Motifs at each side of three adjoined triangles of blue outlined with red, then green, and small arrows shooting toward them of yellow, green, red and blue. Flap edged with tightly looped green beading, and ties through double slits at each side with doubled thongs attached to front of purse. Completely lined with white satiny fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0295
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0380
- Description
- A flat greyish, soft, leather pouch laced together around the edges with buckskin thongs. Double drawstring of buckskin thongs threaded through slits cut at top. Triple strands of thongs doubled and knotted through holes in three places on the front, hanging in a long mass of fringes from the bag. …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- A flat greyish, soft, leather pouch laced together around the edges with buckskin thongs. Double drawstring of buckskin thongs threaded through slits cut at top. Triple strands of thongs doubled and knotted through holes in three places on the front, hanging in a long mass of fringes from the bag. Fringes threaded with four to six large, handmade glass beads on each, white, amber, red, blue, green.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0380
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1126
- Description
- Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- beadwork
- crafts
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1126
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3001
- Description
- Soft white buckskin drawstring bag with fringe along bottom. Thong drawstring strung through slits in bag and ends knotted together. Top edge of bag has a row of orange and blue beads. Beaded pattern on one side (24.0x 19.5 cm) white background with diamond shape of small multicoloured blocks of…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Soft white buckskin drawstring bag with fringe along bottom. Thong drawstring strung through slits in bag and ends knotted together. Top edge of bag has a row of orange and blue beads. Beaded pattern on one side (24.0x 19.5 cm) white background with diamond shape of small multicoloured blocks of light blue, orange, dark blue, red, yellow and green with large white diamond in middle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3001
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3010
- Description
- Soft drawstring bag, made out of black tail deer hide, with fringes along the sides and bottom. The bag is lined with floral printed cotton fabric. Top scalloped edge has red and light blue beading. One side of the bag has a 16.5x15.0 cm beaded design with a red edge and a light blue background…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- Soft drawstring bag, made out of black tail deer hide, with fringes along the sides and bottom. The bag is lined with floral printed cotton fabric. Top scalloped edge has red and light blue beading. One side of the bag has a 16.5x15.0 cm beaded design with a red edge and a light blue background with the head and shoulders of a buffalo in dark brown. The bison has white horns, eyes and nostrils.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3010
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3011
- Description
- Small beaded drawstring bag with fringe (13.0 cm long) along bottom edge. Front has an abstract flower in light blue, dark blue, red and yellow with green leaves.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Small beaded drawstring bag with fringe (13.0 cm long) along bottom edge. Front has an abstract flower in light blue, dark blue, red and yellow with green leaves.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3011
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3012
- Description
- Buckskin bag with handle and fold over closure with thong ties to fasten. The bag is lined with multi-coloured printed floral fabric. The outside of the bag is almost completely beaded with a yellow background, edged in red, and pink and yellow flowers with green leaves.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Buckskin bag with handle and fold over closure with thong ties to fasten. The bag is lined with multi-coloured printed floral fabric. The outside of the bag is almost completely beaded with a yellow background, edged in red, and pink and yellow flowers with green leaves.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3012
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3013
- Description
- Round bag with drawstring closure. Beaded band 11.5 cm wide encircles the bag - white background with a pattern of blue flowers with red centres and green stems and leaves. Bottom edge has long (ca. 11.0 cm) fringe.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 28.0 cm
- Description
- Round bag with drawstring closure. Beaded band 11.5 cm wide encircles the bag - white background with a pattern of blue flowers with red centres and green stems and leaves. Bottom edge has long (ca. 11.0 cm) fringe.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3013
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- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with correspondin…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with corresponding blue tassels, 2 each side (2 missing each side) Other 2 panels of a different design and colours - were arm bands, belt bandends are cotton ca 8.5 long with 2 cotton ties each side, edge beading lightblue.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
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- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Peigan
- Blackfoot
- regalia
- decorative
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0009
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt, worked on harness leather, that fastens with a buckle. The belt has a light blue background with a design in dark blue, red and white beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 120.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt, worked on harness leather, that fastens with a buckle. The belt has a light blue background with a design in dark blue, red and white beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0009
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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
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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
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0070
- Description
- Completely beaded belt on canvas. Beaded diagonal blue, green, white red stripes along its length, meeting at the middle then reversing the slant. Buckskin ties at each end with two more set in approximately 10 cm form each end, one on underside and one on topside, so that belt overlaps when tied.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Completely beaded belt on canvas. Beaded diagonal blue, green, white red stripes along its length, meeting at the middle then reversing the slant. Buckskin ties at each end with two more set in approximately 10 cm form each end, one on underside and one on topside, so that belt overlaps when tied.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0070
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 100.0 cm
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
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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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