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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0012
- Description
- A black velvet pouch with a looped bead fringe along the edges. The bag has a twisted, faded red wool cord at the neck with wool pom-poms at each end. The bag is decoarated with multicoloured beadwork on the front with a tulip-like flower with other flowers on a vine extending from the tulip-like…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A black velvet pouch with a looped bead fringe along the edges. The bag has a twisted, faded red wool cord at the neck with wool pom-poms at each end. The bag is decoarated with multicoloured beadwork on the front with a tulip-like flower with other flowers on a vine extending from the tulip-like flower.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0012
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1006
- Description
- Open beaded floral design on drawstring pouch, 4 piece construction, top 5th leather with holes near top edge for buckskin thong, very edge has turquoise beads, every 2nd on edge, floral pattern different each side, one side mostly blues, mauve, a little green, yellow, pink, other side mostly white…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Open beaded floral design on drawstring pouch, 4 piece construction, top 5th leather with holes near top edge for buckskin thong, very edge has turquoise beads, every 2nd on edge, floral pattern different each side, one side mostly blues, mauve, a little green, yellow, pink, other side mostly white and green tendrils with red and blue flower.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1006
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1046
- Description
- White buckskin bag with beading. The bag has a frame with ties on top and sides with fringes on the bottom. Open floral design beadwork. Tag: R.NN 2.25
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- skin; glass
- Description
- White buckskin bag with beading. The bag has a frame with ties on top and sides with fringes on the bottom. Open floral design beadwork. Tag: R.NN 2.25
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1046
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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
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1038
- Description
- white bead background with 9 geometric designs, leather belt, 4 holes punched one end, 3 other, white beads 73.5 long. Open, balanced design of geometric shapes; 3 diamonds with dark blue border, red and black cross in centre with yellow background. Between and end of each diamond are dark blue, re…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 85.0 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- white bead background with 9 geometric designs, leather belt, 4 holes punched one end, 3 other, white beads 73.5 long. Open, balanced design of geometric shapes; 3 diamonds with dark blue border, red and black cross in centre with yellow background. Between and end of each diamond are dark blue, red and lime rectangles, each end has a square yellowand dark red design.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1038
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- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0002
- Description
- A beaded belt with a diamond pattern of light and dark turquoise beads worked on mustard cloth. The belt is fastened with thongs at one end that pass through a loop on the opposite end.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt with a diamond pattern of light and dark turquoise beads worked on mustard cloth. The belt is fastened with thongs at one end that pass through a loop on the opposite end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0002
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- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0003
- Description
- A woman's beaded harness belt with a leather strap and buckle at opposite ends. The belt has a white border and three white squares with crosses of coloured beads separating patterned sections of blue, mustard, red and green beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded harness belt with a leather strap and buckle at opposite ends. The belt has a white border and three white squares with crosses of coloured beads separating patterned sections of blue, mustard, red and green beads.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0003
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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
- 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
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0064
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on canvas with red plaid cotton lining. Square buckskin flap at one end with thongs through flap, and narrow buckskin piece at other end folded over to hold single thong tied in loop for fastening, and short thongs at each corner white background with bright orange double d…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.7 x 91.0 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on canvas with red plaid cotton lining. Square buckskin flap at one end with thongs through flap, and narrow buckskin piece at other end folded over to hold single thong tied in loop for fastening, and short thongs at each corner white background with bright orange double diamonds outlined in green then blue, each separated by a stepped diamond of the same colours, small looped edging of white beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0064
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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
- 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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Beaded Breastplate
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- 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
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
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Beaded Breastplate
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- 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
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0035
- Description
- A long strip of beadwork containing three circles. The strip is beaded with a white background, a blue circular motif on each circle, and a long vertical centre stripe with three horizontal stripes between each of the circles.
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 166.5 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A long strip of beadwork containing three circles. The strip is beaded with a white background, a blue circular motif on each circle, and a long vertical centre stripe with three horizontal stripes between each of the circles.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0035
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1025
- Description
- Beaded breast piece, blue red dominant colours. Side panels 68.0x7.0, light blue background beads, diagonal stripes of red, green, white and brown, Fringed on bottom. Top has attached piece 16.0 long with attached rawhide tie. Centre piece 28.5x22.0, darker blue background, symmetrical flower d…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Description
- Beaded breast piece, blue red dominant colours. Side panels 68.0x7.0, light blue background beads, diagonal stripes of red, green, white and brown, Fringed on bottom. Top has attached piece 16.0 long with attached rawhide tie. Centre piece 28.5x22.0, darker blue background, symmetrical flower design, red with green stems and leaves, white border. Brass balls and bells on rawhide string. Fringes 25.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- horse
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1025
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1043
- Description
- Light coloured beadwork, front and strips. In shape of an "H", side pieces 79.5 x 8.5, white background beads, green next dominant colour, blue, red and gold. Bottom pattern has 3 red crosses, fringed ends, rawhide ties at top. Sioux legging strips. Centre piece, 21.0 x 23.5, front piece of Cr…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Light coloured beadwork, front and strips. In shape of an "H", side pieces 79.5 x 8.5, white background beads, green next dominant colour, blue, red and gold. Bottom pattern has 3 red crosses, fringed ends, rawhide ties at top. Sioux legging strips. Centre piece, 21.0 x 23.5, front piece of Crow gun case, dominant colours, rose, light blue, yellow, green, blue and white border. Rawhide fringes 29.0 long.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1043
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre,…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre, and four elongated green leaves, one between each petal. Long black stems curving off to each side hold three-pointed blossom of dark green and orange outlined in lighter green with two dark green leaves beneath. Same motif repeated on back but slight colour variations. Entire yoke edged with wide, looped netting of cylindrical beads forming lace like effect with strings of buckskin threaded with beads hanging from the outermost edge. Netting beads of transparent amber, green, turquoise, white, and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1068
- Description
- Narrow collar covered with round pearl-like beads, two daisy shapes on each side of front closure formed by elongated beads surrounded by tiny brown tubular beads, metal hook and eye closure, lining is cream sateen
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 37.5 cm
- Description
- Narrow collar covered with round pearl-like beads, two daisy shapes on each side of front closure formed by elongated beads surrounded by tiny brown tubular beads, metal hook and eye closure, lining is cream sateen
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Annie White
- Credit
- Gift of Clifford J. White, Victoria, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1068
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