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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
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0005
- Description
- A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of…
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- Title
- Gun Case
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
- Dimensions
- 100.0 cm
- Description
- A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of beadwork.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0005
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- Date
- 1880 – 1939
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1005 a-f
- Description
- Five pieces of needlepoint work. Three needlepoint cushion covers, each with a floral pattern on beige backing fabric. One unfinished needlepoint piece with a bird and floral design and the needle still attached. Two commercial needlework patterns on paper pasted on to heavier paper, each marked …
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- Title
- Hanging
- Date
- 1880 – 1939
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Description
- Five pieces of needlepoint work. Three needlepoint cushion covers, each with a floral pattern on beige backing fabric. One unfinished needlepoint piece with a bird and floral design and the needle still attached. Two commercial needlework patterns on paper pasted on to heavier paper, each marked “S M Potts” in pencil.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1005 a-f
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- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
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- Title
- Hatchet Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 15.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
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- Date
- 1970 – 1973
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0077
- Description
- Cardboard box constructed to appear as a Haida bent-box. Large lid has mitred corner. Design around bottom of box in red and black, Haida-like motif of stylized animal. Inside is a piece of paper guaranteeing that the “Sterling silver brooch, Killerwhale design by Walter Harris” was made by a Canad…
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- Title
- Jewel Box
- Date
- 1970 – 1973
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 9.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Cardboard box constructed to appear as a Haida bent-box. Large lid has mitred corner. Design around bottom of box in red and black, Haida-like motif of stylized animal. Inside is a piece of paper guaranteeing that the “Sterling silver brooch, Killerwhale design by Walter Harris” was made by a Canadian Indian, and identifying the product as having come from “Ksan Indian Craft Village in Hazelton, B.C.”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0077
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
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- Title
- Leather Awl
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals
- Indigenous
- Plains
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
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Needlework Kit
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- Date
- 1889 – 1905
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0007
- Description
- A small dark brown leather case with a snap button (labelled “Waterbury Button Co.”) flap. The case opens flat and is lined with purple velvet on two sections to protect needles when the case is closed. The case is complete with six three-cornered stainless steel curved needles that are graduate…
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- Title
- Needlework Kit
- Date
- 1889 – 1905
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- A small dark brown leather case with a snap button (labelled “Waterbury Button Co.”) flap. The case opens flat and is lined with purple velvet on two sections to protect needles when the case is closed. The case is complete with six three-cornered stainless steel curved needles that are graduated in size, four flat needles graduated in size, and eight three-cornered needles curved at the tip in varying sizes. The needles are stuck through a padded band of the velvet lining.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlwork
- sewing
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0007
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Ovis Dalli Head
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1018
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- skin; hair; keratin; glass; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1018
- Description
- A stuffed male thin horn sheep’s head (see cataloguer’s remarks) mounted on a wood plaque for hanging. The sheep head measures: 48.0cm from the neck to the top of the head; 55.0cm from the neck to the top of the horn; 44.0cm depth from neck to snout; and 59.0cm wide for the spread from horn tip to …
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- Title
- Ovis Dalli Head
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- skin; hair; keratin; glass; wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 59.5 cm
- Description
- A stuffed male thin horn sheep’s head (see cataloguer’s remarks) mounted on a wood plaque for hanging. The sheep head measures: 48.0cm from the neck to the top of the head; 55.0cm from the neck to the top of the horn; 44.0cm depth from neck to snout; and 59.0cm wide for the spread from horn tip to horn tip. The sheep has two large backward curling horns (right horn: 89.50cmx 31.50cm wide, depth 11.0cm) (left horn: 91.25cmx32.0cm wide, depth 11.0cm). The horns are brown and tan and have been well used. The growth rings (called annuli) number 68. The fur is light brown and light tan on the muzzle and under the chin. The mouth is sewn shut leaving a black line that leads up to the black split nostrils. The eyeballs are glass and the eyelids are black rimmed; the black line extends well beyond the inside corner of the eyes. The head is mounted on a wood shield-shaped plaque and painted brown. Below the sheep’s head, printed on the wood shield in black ink with a felt-tipped pen is “1/8/1972”, underneath that, “LONGLAKE - YUKON”, and underneath that “AL PERRIN”. On the unpainted surface of the backside of the wood shield “AL PERRIN” is printed with a black ink felt-tipped pen, underneath that “Aug 1/72”, and underneath that “LONG LAKE YUKON”. There is a hole bored into the back, 2.50cm from the top, so it can be hung on a nail or screw. There are also three holes bored into the back, into which screws have been inserted, to adhere the head to the plaque. The measurements for the wood plaque are: 56.0cmx38.0cm wide (at its widest point), 31.0cm at its narrowest point and the depth is 2.0cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Albert Maitland Perrin, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1018
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark, birch; wood; grass, reed
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0171
- Description
- An oval birchbark pack basket sewn together with reeds. The basket has bent twigs for rim support, and two bark brackets near the top on one side.
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- Title
- Pack Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark, birch; wood; grass, reed
- Dimensions
- 28.7 x 25.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- An oval birchbark pack basket sewn together with reeds. The basket has bent twigs for rim support, and two bark brackets near the top on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0171
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0009
- Description
- Handmade quilt with star pattern in red, green and beige. The backing of the quilt is plain. There is a large stain in the centre of the quilt, all over small stains, slight yellowing, and the quilting is worn in all four corners.
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- Title
- Quilt
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 218.0 x 218.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade quilt with star pattern in red, green and beige. The backing of the quilt is plain. There is a large stain in the centre of the quilt, all over small stains, slight yellowing, and the quilting is worn in all four corners.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0009
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0010
- Description
- Handmade quilt with red, green, and beige star pattern. Quilt has plain backing. The coloured fabric is faded. There is slight staining, and one small section is damaged.
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- Title
- Quilt
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 206.0 x 222.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade quilt with red, green, and beige star pattern. Quilt has plain backing. The coloured fabric is faded. There is slight staining, and one small section is damaged.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0010
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- antler; metal; fiber; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3005
- Description
- Two hide scrapers wrapped in printed pink fabric.a) Metal pipe with canvas cover and strap handle. The blade is notched. Tag attached with CRW writing ”Evelyn Poucette 2 very old scrapers pounded May 2, 1970.”b) Antler scraper with embedded metal blade tied in place with thong.
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- antler; metal; fiber; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.0 (a); 5.0 (b) x 25.5 (a); 25.2 (b) cm
- Description
- Two hide scrapers wrapped in printed pink fabric.a) Metal pipe with canvas cover and strap handle. The blade is notched. Tag attached with CRW writing ”Evelyn Poucette 2 very old scrapers pounded May 2, 1970.”b) Antler scraper with embedded metal blade tied in place with thong.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- households
- Evely Poucette
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3005
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- Date
- 1972
- Material
- antler; sinew; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3007
- Description
- Antler handle with metal blade inserted in right-angled end. The blade is held in place with sinew and fabric. Tag with CRW writing: “John Rolling Mud of Nordegg - scraper made by John Hunter for Georgie Rolling Mud. July 23 1972 Georgie mother of John.”
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- antler; sinew; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Antler handle with metal blade inserted in right-angled end. The blade is held in place with sinew and fabric. Tag with CRW writing: “John Rolling Mud of Nordegg - scraper made by John Hunter for Georgie Rolling Mud. July 23 1972 Georgie mother of John.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3007
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- Date
- 1880 – 1966
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1002
- Description
- A handcarved wooden weaving shuttle. The shuttle is roughly rectangular with one pointed end and two points at the opposite end. The centre of the shuttle is cut out and has a pointed wooden bar in the middle supported by a nail.
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- Title
- Shuttle
- Date
- 1880 – 1966
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- A handcarved wooden weaving shuttle. The shuttle is roughly rectangular with one pointed end and two points at the opposite end. The centre of the shuttle is cut out and has a pointed wooden bar in the middle supported by a nail.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- woodworking
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1002
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0034
- Description
- A woman's medium size dark red silk skirt with velvet around the inside hem. This long skirt is fitted at the waist and hips and flares out at the hem. The dress is fastened with a black jet bead butterfly clasp at the waist.
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- Title
- Skirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 102.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's medium size dark red silk skirt with velvet around the inside hem. This long skirt is fitted at the waist and hips and flares out at the hem. The dress is fastened with a black jet bead butterfly clasp at the waist.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0034
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- Date
- prior to 1997
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3017
- Description
- Cylindrical beaded hide bank completely lined with yellow fabric. The bank is beaded with a red background and four teal and white crosses (Latin) evenly spaced around the outside of the bank. The lid, edged with red beads, is attached to 1/3 of the top edge of the bank and has a rectangular hole…
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- Title
- Still Bank
- Date
- prior to 1997
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Cylindrical beaded hide bank completely lined with yellow fabric. The bank is beaded with a red background and four teal and white crosses (Latin) evenly spaced around the outside of the bank. The lid, edged with red beads, is attached to 1/3 of the top edge of the bank and has a rectangular hole cut out of the center. The top and bottom edges of the bank are rounded and beaded with red, white and teal.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- religious
- children
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3017
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- Date
- 1880 – 1966
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1001
- Description
- A thick stone disk with a hole through the centre.
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- Title
- Stone
- Date
- 1880 – 1966
- Material
- stone
- Description
- A thick stone disk with a hole through the centre.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1001
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3010
- Description
- Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
- Dimensions
- 65.5 x 3.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3010
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0060
- Description
- Circular mirror with cast metal frame. Bottom of frame portrays satyr's face with horns, cloven hooves, and there is a scallop shell at the top of the frame. Handpainted pansies are directly on the mirror and words, “Souvenir C------”, are also painted on the mirror face.
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 1.5 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- Circular mirror with cast metal frame. Bottom of frame portrays satyr's face with horns, cloven hooves, and there is a scallop shell at the top of the frame. Handpainted pansies are directly on the mirror and words, “Souvenir C------”, are also painted on the mirror face.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0060
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