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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3001
- Description
- Fully beaded belt on harness leather, edged with pink beads. Light blue background with three designs of four red diamonds with red and blue inside. Buckskin thongs on ends.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded belt on harness leather, edged with pink beads. Light blue background with three designs of four red diamonds with red and blue inside. Buckskin thongs on ends.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3001
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1056 a-c
- Description
- 3 beaded belts with buckles (a) 96.5 x 3.3 beaded onto heavy cotton, backing light patterned cotton, bead design in 5 parts, 3 red and white geometric design, 2 yellow and green geometric design, dark blue beaded border, metal buckle attached with leather, other end leather strap 9.5 x 1.5, (b) 9…
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- Title
- Beaded Belts
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 96.5 cm
- Description
- 3 beaded belts with buckles (a) 96.5 x 3.3 beaded onto heavy cotton, backing light patterned cotton, bead design in 5 parts, 3 red and white geometric design, 2 yellow and green geometric design, dark blue beaded border, metal buckle attached with leather, other end leather strap 9.5 x 1.5, (b) 90.7 x 4.0, beaded onto heavy cotton, white background with 6 rectangular designs ca 2.5 wide spaced regularly with 5 star shapes between, metal belt buckle 4.5 x 2.5 attached one end with buckskin, other end buckskin strap 14.0 x 2.2 (c) 100.5 x 4.0, beaded onto buckskin, multi-coloured geometric design, predominant colours orange, yellow, dark blue, border both sides of light green and mauve, metal belt buckle 4.5 x3.2 sewn onto beads, other end buckskin strap 10.5 x 1.4.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1056 a-c
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; shells
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1065
- Description
- Basket beads and cowrie shell decorated woman's blouse, light cotton blouse lined with "Ogilvie Flour" cotton, decorated front and back with tube beads in rows, netting style, front colours: green, dark blue,light blue, red, white, back colours: green, white, light blue, little dark blue, bottom ro…
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- Title
- Beaded Blouse
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; shells
- Dimensions
- 95.0 x 55.0 cm
- Description
- Basket beads and cowrie shell decorated woman's blouse, light cotton blouse lined with "Ogilvie Flour" cotton, decorated front and back with tube beads in rows, netting style, front colours: green, dark blue,light blue, red, white, back colours: green, white, light blue, little dark blue, bottom row front and back cowrie shells.
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1065
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Beaded Bracelet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0016
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass; shell, abalone; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0016
- Description
- A child's bracelet strung on a twisted cloth strap. The bracelet has six blue Chinese trade beads separated by a shaped abalone shell from two white, one cobalt blue, and one red white-heart bead.
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- Title
- Beaded Bracelet
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass; shell, abalone; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A child's bracelet strung on a twisted cloth strap. The bracelet has six blue Chinese trade beads separated by a shaped abalone shell from two white, one cobalt blue, and one red white-heart bead.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- West Coast
- beadwork
- regalia
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0016
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Beaded Breastplate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.1018
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- bone; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1018
- Description
- 3 sections of hair pipes with leather and beads, centre section beads 3.7 long with black and some white glass beads at each end, outer beads 10.4 long, 4 strips of leather divide beads into section, beads threaded on long rawhide strips which extend into long fringes on either side, rawhide stri…
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- bone; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- 3 sections of hair pipes with leather and beads, centre section beads 3.7 long with black and some white glass beads at each end, outer beads 10.4 long, 4 strips of leather divide beads into section, beads threaded on long rawhide strips which extend into long fringes on either side, rawhide strips tied into loop to go over head.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Tsuut’ina
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- regalia
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1018
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Beaded Breastplate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0021
- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin; bone; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0021
- Description
- A men's breastplate with two rows of hair pipes connected in the centre by beads. A fringe of vermilion dyed leather is along both outside edges.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin; bone; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 78.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A men's breastplate with two rows of hair pipes connected in the centre by beads. A fringe of vermilion dyed leather is along both outside edges.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Plains
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Blackfoot
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0021
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0046%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0046 a,b
- Description
- Two beadstrips which together form a decorative headstall for a horse in ceremonial parade, heavily beaded canvas, the elongated strips have a white ground on which geometric figures in stepped square patterns form triangles, crosses, and diamonds in blue, burgundy, and green. At the wider end of …
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 51.5 cm
- Description
- Two beadstrips which together form a decorative headstall for a horse in ceremonial parade, heavily beaded canvas, the elongated strips have a white ground on which geometric figures in stepped square patterns form triangles, crosses, and diamonds in blue, burgundy, and green. At the wider end of each a cutout square allows for attaching to headstall. The beads of (a) at the top are a clear blue glass, on (b) they are a frosty opaque blue.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0046 a,b
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0049
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0049
- Description
- A decorative martingale for a horse in parade. Heavily beaded, it broadly forms an "H" of two strips with geometric figures on them, and a cross bar with a floral emblem on it. The vertical strips have buckskin ties at the tops, and are white with various triangles and diamonds, principally in verm…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative martingale for a horse in parade. Heavily beaded, it broadly forms an "H" of two strips with geometric figures on them, and a cross bar with a floral emblem on it. The vertical strips have buckskin ties at the tops, and are white with various triangles and diamonds, principally in vermilion with green and blue borders, gonfalon lower ends. The centre panel is almost square and is a very pale blue ground with a conventional flower made up of circles upon it in deep green and blood red, plus four leaves of light green. Below the panel is a fringe of light buckskin, running from strut to strut.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0049
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.1047%20a-d
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1047 a-d
- Description
- Four piece beaded head stall decoration. (a) side of headstall, 40.5x7.0, gold coloured metal beads and green glass beads outline entire piece. Four geometric designs in dark blue, red and yellow with white background. Circular end has red and white beads. Two buckskin thongs sewn onto each end…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; skin
- Description
- Four piece beaded head stall decoration. (a) side of headstall, 40.5x7.0, gold coloured metal beads and green glass beads outline entire piece. Four geometric designs in dark blue, red and yellow with white background. Circular end has red and white beads. Two buckskin thongs sewn onto each end. (b) Noseband, 31.2x6.8. Most of metal beads missing. Same colours as (a) but in continuous angular rows. (c and d) on display, unable to describe.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1047 a-d
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.3027%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3027 a,b
- Description
- Two beaded pieces with matching beadwork. Each piece has a short tapered strip attached to a beaded circle. The strips have repeated red and white triangles on a blue ground. The circles (16.5 diameter) have a red, green and white pinwheel pattern on a blue ground with sequins around the outer e…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 31.3 cm
- Description
- Two beaded pieces with matching beadwork. Each piece has a short tapered strip attached to a beaded circle. The strips have repeated red and white triangles on a blue ground. The circles (16.5 diameter) have a red, green and white pinwheel pattern on a blue ground with sequins around the outer edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals, horses
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3027 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1061
- Description
- Beads strung on heavy cotton thread in diamond shapes, no backing, dominant colour light blue in main body with bands of dark blue and amber in rows across. "T" opening for neck outlined with very pale blue beads, rawhide strips sewn onto top front opening with rawhide strip 34.0 long laced throu…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 44.0 x 72.0 cm
- Description
- Beads strung on heavy cotton thread in diamond shapes, no backing, dominant colour light blue in main body with bands of dark blue and amber in rows across. "T" opening for neck outlined with very pale blue beads, rawhide strips sewn onto top front opening with rawhide strip 34.0 long laced through for tie. Two pieces of string tied 3.0 from opening on shoulder to hold together when worn. Another band of beads at centre front and back 45.0 x 6.0 with 2 bands of light mauve beads, attached to bottom are 2 strings of short tube beads, dark blue on ends, others amber, each with a small brass bell at the bottom, some bells missing. Edges bound with cotton with narrow rawhide ties under arms.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1061
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1024
- Description
- Poncho style beaded collar with fringes, 2 piece, sewn together at the shoulders, rust coloured background beads, 2 rows of hanging blue equilateral triangles front and back form a V from shoulders to centre, zigzag clear beads frame head, circles of white-light blue and orange-dark blue designs on…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 47.7 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Poncho style beaded collar with fringes, 2 piece, sewn together at the shoulders, rust coloured background beads, 2 rows of hanging blue equilateral triangles front and back form a V from shoulders to centre, zigzag clear beads frame head, circles of white-light blue and orange-dark blue designs on front, multicoloured designs rest and hang from V stripe on back, completely fringed ca. 12.0 long, notched neck opening.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1024
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- Date
- 1905 – 1915
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0069
- Description
- A large triangular pennant shaped piece of beaded canvas with buckskin tie at each corner, and short buckskin fringe at truncated point. Backed with buckskin cut to shape with notched edge, medium blue background with three triangular motifs in a vertical row, each having a red cross hanging from i…
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- Title
- Beaded Cravat
- Date
- 1905 – 1915
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 34.5 cm
- Description
- A large triangular pennant shaped piece of beaded canvas with buckskin tie at each corner, and short buckskin fringe at truncated point. Backed with buckskin cut to shape with notched edge, medium blue background with three triangular motifs in a vertical row, each having a red cross hanging from its point. Top two triangles are white with red squares outlining, and yellow centres at the red crosses. The bottom triangle has a yellow band at the top, a blue band beneath and a white square beneath that, all outlined with red squares and a white centre in the red cross hanging from it. White band borders sides and bottom with a red diagonal stripe at the middle. Canvas band at outside edges were once covered with red wool blanket cloth which shows here and there in patches.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Hector Crawler
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0069
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1050 a,b
- Description
- Pair hide beaded cuffs with red stroud sleeves, sleeves cut off above elbow, beaded band 13.5 wide, white bead trim, dark blue background, 2 green and white diamond designs 10.0 x 8.3, red serge sewn onto edges, buckskin laces looped through cuff, cotton lined wool sleeve has 2 cotton strips, blue …
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 cm
- Description
- Pair hide beaded cuffs with red stroud sleeves, sleeves cut off above elbow, beaded band 13.5 wide, white bead trim, dark blue background, 2 green and white diamond designs 10.0 x 8.3, red serge sewn onto edges, buckskin laces looped through cuff, cotton lined wool sleeve has 2 cotton strips, blue and beige, ca 1.0 wide, sewn onto sleeve, across at the wrist and up the arm. a: 38.0 long b: 43.0 long
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1050 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1036 a,b
- Description
- Strips of various colours, red wool on 3 edges, beaded onto canvas, 3 strips of different colours red, purple, yellow-purple, white purple, light blue background, red wool sewn over edges for border 3 sides. (a) 34.0 x 16.0 (b) 33.5 x 16.0
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; hair; fibre
- Description
- Strips of various colours, red wool on 3 edges, beaded onto canvas, 3 strips of different colours red, purple, yellow-purple, white purple, light blue background, red wool sewn over edges for border 3 sides. (a) 34.0 x 16.0 (b) 33.5 x 16.0
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1036 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1035 a,b
- Description
- 2 bands of 3 colour stripes on white ground, bands ca 4.0 wide with blue on edges, red then green centres running from side to side, white background, 3 edges trimmed with red wool. (a) 31.2x16.6 tapers slightly to 29.5 (b) 31.7x17.0
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Description
- 2 bands of 3 colour stripes on white ground, bands ca 4.0 wide with blue on edges, red then green centres running from side to side, white background, 3 edges trimmed with red wool. (a) 31.2x16.6 tapers slightly to 29.5 (b) 31.7x17.0
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1035 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0011 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded gauntlet cuffs. Each cuff has a long (23.0 cm) fringe along one side, and is decorated with three multicoloured, stylized, stemmed flowers on a white background. The stems of the three flowers converge at a central, multicoloured, lobed circle.
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded gauntlet cuffs. Each cuff has a long (23.0 cm) fringe along one side, and is decorated with three multicoloured, stylized, stemmed flowers on a white background. The stems of the three flowers converge at a central, multicoloured, lobed circle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Plateau
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0011 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0060 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded strips that are worked in rows on heavy canvas wih strips of leather trim at the bottom. Each cuff has a design of two yellow pyramids outlined with dark red and black on a white background.
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- Title
- Beaded Cuffs
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded strips that are worked in rows on heavy canvas wih strips of leather trim at the bottom. Each cuff has a design of two yellow pyramids outlined with dark red and black on a white background.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0060 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1019
- Description
- triangular, green-red stripes form "V", fringed, neck edge has a beaded rim of blue-green-red, side edges have red-green rectangular border, "V" stripe inside has dark green-red beads, point has purple beads, centre of neck is a solid triangle of pink and silver beads 9.5 long on both edges.
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- Title
- Beaded Gorget
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- triangular, green-red stripes form "V", fringed, neck edge has a beaded rim of blue-green-red, side edges have red-green rectangular border, "V" stripe inside has dark green-red beads, point has purple beads, centre of neck is a solid triangle of pink and silver beads 9.5 long on both edges.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1019
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0001
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0001
- Description
- A headband of beads sewn on to deer hide. The beads are sewn on in a lazy stitch, with transparent white beads forming the background and squares of blue and orange as a pattern. There is bead trim around both edges.
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 57.0 (circumference) cm
- Description
- A headband of beads sewn on to deer hide. The beads are sewn on in a lazy stitch, with transparent white beads forming the background and squares of blue and orange as a pattern. There is bead trim around both edges.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- decorative
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0001
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