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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0101 a,b
- Description
- A pair of small child's gloves of buckskin with beaded design on gauntlet and back of hand, and fringes along outside of gauntlet. Gauntlet has large bell shaped turquoise flower with white and orange pointed petals at the top, with smaller star shaped flowers of green centres with red petals on a …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 22.1 cm
- Description
- A pair of small child's gloves of buckskin with beaded design on gauntlet and back of hand, and fringes along outside of gauntlet. Gauntlet has large bell shaped turquoise flower with white and orange pointed petals at the top, with smaller star shaped flowers of green centres with red petals on a turquoise stem in each corner at the top. Similar flowers with turquoise centres and black petals in each corner of the bottom a single star like blossom medallion with turquoise centre and red petals at the centre of the hand. Completely hand stitched with rolled edge at cuff. Cuff lined with patterned cotton having orange, blue and white oval shapes on black stems.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0101 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0102 a,b
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded, well made gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are made of a single piece of leather folded on inside, fingers with inset panels machine stitched in, and thumb set in as well. Gauntlets of leather with fringes at outsides. Back of hand has a simple white floral motif bordere…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded, well made gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are made of a single piece of leather folded on inside, fingers with inset panels machine stitched in, and thumb set in as well. Gauntlets of leather with fringes at outsides. Back of hand has a simple white floral motif bordered in vermilion, and one in white with a blue centre and bordered in orange, the three blossoms connected by "dotted" beads in rose. Gauntlet is lined with flour sacking cotton.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0102 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0104 a,b
- Description
- A pair of finely made, lightly beaded, gauntleted gloves. The hand bodies are cut from a single piece of hide with the thumb inset, and gauntlet is made from two pieces seamed to the handpiece at the wrist and at the extremities. A fringe of buckskin is added at the outside. The wrist seam is disgu…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of finely made, lightly beaded, gauntleted gloves. The hand bodies are cut from a single piece of hide with the thumb inset, and gauntlet is made from two pieces seamed to the handpiece at the wrist and at the extremities. A fringe of buckskin is added at the outside. The wrist seam is disguised by a strip of lazy stitch green beads with a few lines of red and black. The edges of the gauntlets are bordered in black and white trapezoids, and across the gauntlets three strips of black and white triangles are accented by strips of yellow, vermilion, rose, and green.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0104 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0105 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded gauntleted gloves. Hand body cut from a single piece of buckskin, thumb inset. Heavily beaded gauntlets sewn on at wrist, front panel of gauntlet being of canvas and sewn to buckskin back, with long fringe at outside edge. Pattern is a red ground bordered in yellow and a la…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded gauntleted gloves. Hand body cut from a single piece of buckskin, thumb inset. Heavily beaded gauntlets sewn on at wrist, front panel of gauntlet being of canvas and sewn to buckskin back, with long fringe at outside edge. Pattern is a red ground bordered in yellow and a large bright eight pointed yellow "sun" bordered in black, an inset square of red bordering black and a blue rectangle inside the square.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0105 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1086 a,b
- Description
- Pair of buckskin gloves with fringe along side of cuff and floral beadwork in pink, white, red and bergundy. Floral printed cotton lining. Lined pink beads are from the 1920s, red beads are older than the others and probably recycled.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of buckskin gloves with fringe along side of cuff and floral beadwork in pink, white, red and bergundy. Floral printed cotton lining. Lined pink beads are from the 1920s, red beads are older than the others and probably recycled.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1086 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1077 a,b
- Description
- Pair of beaded gauntlets. Gauntlets lined with patterned fabric. Back of hand is a floral design of 3 flowers, red, mauve with orange and red with pink. Stem and branches are white. Light green leaves at base and 2 dark green and black leaves at top between the flowers. Gauntlets have a larger fl…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of beaded gauntlets. Gauntlets lined with patterned fabric. Back of hand is a floral design of 3 flowers, red, mauve with orange and red with pink. Stem and branches are white. Light green leaves at base and 2 dark green and black leaves at top between the flowers. Gauntlets have a larger floral design similar to back of hand but with larger flowers and flower buds, 4 at bottom, 2 similar together at the right, and 2 different at the left. Machine sewn gloves and gauntlets. Edges and junction of hand and gauntlet have a leather trim. Fringe along one side.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Fred McCullagh, Banff, 1965
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1077 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1017 a,b
- Description
- A pair beaded gloves with gauntlets, gloves have 3 rows of orange and green stepped design on back of hand, gauntlets, yellow orange black rosette, centre top and green white stems and leaves, hand 18.0 x 10.0, gauntlet 14.0 x 17.0, fringe on gauntlelets ca. 7.5 long.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Description
- A pair beaded gloves with gauntlets, gloves have 3 rows of orange and green stepped design on back of hand, gauntlets, yellow orange black rosette, centre top and green white stems and leaves, hand 18.0 x 10.0, gauntlet 14.0 x 17.0, fringe on gauntlelets ca. 7.5 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1017 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
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely co…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- A flat knife sheath of buckskin with beadwork on front in five different horizontal bands at top, light blue and dark blue diagonal stripes, white with pink vertical stripes, pink and blue diagonal stripes. A curved hanging arch of pink beads over plain buckskin at middle, bottom half completely covered with white beads with blue and green band pattern. A canvas flap follows the curved edge of the sheath and is completely covered with light blue beadwork containing diagonal patterned stripes of green and purple with short fringe of buckskin along outer edge. Bead stitching shows on back side of flap; double slit cut into skin near top on back of sheath.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- hunting
- Paul Amos
- Three Buffalo Bull
- Norma Piper Pocaterra
- Johnny Bearspaw
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0027
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Miniature; Cradle Board Doll
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1008
- Description
- A miniature beaded cradleboard with doll. The board has a red edge, dark blue background with an inset beaded design in yellow, brown and red in a flower shape. The cradle is soft buckskin with beading around edge, a rose and two small circles. Fringes. A small doll is in the cradle.
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- Title
- Miniature; Cradle Board Doll
- Date
- c. 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Description
- A miniature beaded cradleboard with doll. The board has a red edge, dark blue background with an inset beaded design in yellow, brown and red in a flower shape. The cradle is soft buckskin with beading around edge, a rose and two small circles. Fringes. A small doll is in the cradle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1008
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre, plant
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1014 a-d
- Description
- High, unbeaded buckskin, moss stuffing (separate) Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece to shape of foot, long rectangular tongue, tall ankle flap, long buckskin laces at ankle, separate packages of green moss from trees, natural prairie hay with tags explaining use with moccasins.
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- Title
- Moccasins
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre, plant
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 11.0 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- High, unbeaded buckskin, moss stuffing (separate) Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece to shape of foot, long rectangular tongue, tall ankle flap, long buckskin laces at ankle, separate packages of green moss from trees, natural prairie hay with tags explaining use with moccasins.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1014 a-d
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0044
- Description
- A navy blue square silk bag which attaches to two hoop handles which have been wrapped with navy blue thread. The bag is decorated with a delicate scene of butterflies hovering over flowers and grass blades that has been embroidered with pink, brown, white and green silk thread and embellished wit…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A navy blue square silk bag which attaches to two hoop handles which have been wrapped with navy blue thread. The bag is decorated with a delicate scene of butterflies hovering over flowers and grass blades that has been embroidered with pink, brown, white and green silk thread and embellished with beads.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0044
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- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3014 a-c
- Description
- Shirt and leggings tanned hide set (a) The shirt is of typical design, open below the arms. Bead strips over shoulder and along arms. The bead strips have a white background , centre square is dark blue, yellow surrounds that and rimmed with red. Two red and yellow bands separate the main design…
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- Title
- Set Regalia
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 159.0 (a); 42.0 (b,c) x 82.0 (a); 88.4 (b,c) cm
- Description
- Shirt and leggings tanned hide set (a) The shirt is of typical design, open below the arms. Bead strips over shoulder and along arms. The bead strips have a white background , centre square is dark blue, yellow surrounds that and rimmed with red. Two red and yellow bands separate the main design motif. Centre front is a medallion, white background with red and blue spokes, aqua coloured tube beads at top of fringe. Centre back is a similar medallion with an ermine skin hanging from the centre. Long fringes along arm bead strips. (b,c) Leggings are plain with ties and with the same bead strip motif.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3014 a-c
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- Date
- c. 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3023 a-c
- Description
- Man's regalia set consisting of shirt and leggings. White buckskin with beadstrips of red background with white diamond and triangle designs outlined and accented with bright yellow, blue and green. Gros Ventre Nez Pierce influence.a) Shirt with open sides and long fringe (52.0 cm long) on one si…
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- Title
- Set Regalia
- Date
- c. 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 159.0 (a) x 86.0 (a) cm
- Description
- Man's regalia set consisting of shirt and leggings. White buckskin with beadstrips of red background with white diamond and triangle designs outlined and accented with bright yellow, blue and green. Gros Ventre Nez Pierce influence.a) Shirt with open sides and long fringe (52.0 cm long) on one side. There are fabric backed beadstrips over the shoulders and along the arms. There are also beaded patches at the front and back centre. b,c) Leggings (83.0 x 42.0 cm) with beadstrips that match shirt. Each legging also has a beaded star in purple and green tube beads.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3023 a-c
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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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