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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
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
1930 – 1940
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0073
Description
A heavily beaded commercially tanned belt with buckskin loop at one end, ties at the other. Design is yellow ground of straight beads with slanted rows forming border, three patterns of indigo tepees point to point over red diamonds, and three barbs of red at bases. Two three cross beamed crosses o…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
7.5 x 89.3 cm
Description
A heavily beaded commercially tanned belt with buckskin loop at one end, ties at the other. Design is yellow ground of straight beads with slanted rows forming border, three patterns of indigo tepees point to point over red diamonds, and three barbs of red at bases. Two three cross beamed crosses of green between the other three patterns. The belt itself was a commercial man's belt, but has been sliced in half and stitched together with the former ends concealed and the new ends are squared off.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0073
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0085
Description
Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange tria…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
6.1 x 69.5 cm
Description
Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange triangles outlined in red pointing toward each of the outer crosses. Between each cross is a red and green square motif containing another four armed cross. The whole has a kaleidoscope effect.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0085
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Date
1935 – 1945
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0096
Description
A heavily beaded belt with two ties at either end. White ground with various vermilion and indigo figures on it, triangles, diamonds with stepped square edges, small rectangles. The border is lazy stitch blue, at midpoint is a pouch or purse of buckskin, heavily beaded on the front in dusty rose, a…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1935 – 1945
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
17.2 x 84.9 cm
Description
A heavily beaded belt with two ties at either end. White ground with various vermilion and indigo figures on it, triangles, diamonds with stepped square edges, small rectangles. The border is lazy stitch blue, at midpoint is a pouch or purse of buckskin, heavily beaded on the front in dusty rose, an arch with a green inner arch, and variously patterned in stepped squares of yellow, blue and red. String ties along top of belt were probably affixed for hanging the belt for exhibition purposes.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0096
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; skin; metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0107
Description
A completely beaded belt worked directly on heavy leather. Beadwork stitched around brown leather belt strap with four grommet eyes sewn to top of belt at one end, and leather strap holding metal buckle and metal loop sewn to top of other end. Beadwork on white background in panels separated by ban…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; skin; metal
Dimensions
4.8 x 89.5 cm
Description
A completely beaded belt worked directly on heavy leather. Beadwork stitched around brown leather belt strap with four grommet eyes sewn to top of belt at one end, and leather strap holding metal buckle and metal loop sewn to top of other end. Beadwork on white background in panels separated by bands of small orange and green checks outlined with dark blue. White panels contain, alternately, an eight pointed figure with large brass beaded square at centre and orange points outlined with dark blue, and an orange diamond outlined in light blue with oblique lines extending from the points at the sides and having a brass beaded centre outlined with dark blue.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0107
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.0077
Description
Carved, wooden bracelet strung on expandable elastic. Small, round wooden beads alternating with flat, circular rosette design medallions. Largest medallion has 1.4 x .2 cm. chip from edge. Possible significance in set-up of 4 small bead groupings with the exception of one group having only three b…
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Title
Beaded Bracelet
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; fibre
Dimensions
2.8 x 6.0 cm
Description
Carved, wooden bracelet strung on expandable elastic. Small, round wooden beads alternating with flat, circular rosette design medallions. Largest medallion has 1.4 x .2 cm. chip from edge. Possible significance in set-up of 4 small bead groupings with the exception of one group having only three beads.
Subject
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0077
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
ceramic; metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0151
Description
A short strand of dark blue ceramic beads strung on wire. Twenty-eight beads of mottled shades of blue. Wire twisted at ends to form loops holding bolt ring clasp. Clasp has eye for this purpose, but eye was not used.
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Title
Beaded Bracelet
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
ceramic; metal
Dimensions
0.5 x 19.7 cm
Description
A short strand of dark blue ceramic beads strung on wire. Twenty-eight beads of mottled shades of blue. Wire twisted at ends to form loops holding bolt ring clasp. Clasp has eye for this purpose, but eye was not used.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0151
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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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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.
Subject
transportation
regalia
beadwork
Indigenous, Stoney
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0035
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Date
1930 – 1945
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
106.06.0047
Description
A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 1…
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
1930 – 1945
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
8.0 x 92.0 cm
Description
A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 10 cm long buckskin strips sewn to the back, parallel to the length of the piece, and thongs at both ends.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
animal
horse
Jack Labelle
Mrs. Ben Kaquitts;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0047
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
fibre; glass; skin; feathers
Catalogue Number
106.06.0052 a-c
Description
Three pieces of beaded canvas with various ties on them, the two longer strips having feathers connected as well. The two longer strips are a red ground with bare canvas ends, and three like patterns of triangles in yellow with stepped square black tops on either side of a stepped square pink cross…
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
fibre; glass; skin; feathers
Dimensions
7.0 x 55.5 cm
Description
Three pieces of beaded canvas with various ties on them, the two longer strips having feathers connected as well. The two longer strips are a red ground with bare canvas ends, and three like patterns of triangles in yellow with stepped square black tops on either side of a stepped square pink cross with black edges. Two buckskin thongs at the midpoint. The feathers are connected at the edges adjacent to the patterned points. The shorter strip has a red ground and two of the same pattern on it, and ties at either end.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0052 a-c
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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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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.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
animal
horse
regalia
Elizabeth Bearspaw
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
106.06.1043
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.1003 a,b
Description
Pair of beaded buckskin glove and gauntlet decoration. (a) Glove back 9.8x10.5, solid beadwork, white background. Three points at knuckles, green, red, violet horseshoe design, attached to gauntlet. Gauntlet back 19.5x20.0 with 9.0 long fringe. White background, dark and light green and gold le…
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Title
Beaded Cuffs
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Description
Pair of beaded buckskin glove and gauntlet decoration. (a) Glove back 9.8x10.5, solid beadwork, white background. Three points at knuckles, green, red, violet horseshoe design, attached to gauntlet. Gauntlet back 19.5x20.0 with 9.0 long fringe. White background, dark and light green and gold leaves and stems. Three blossoms red, dark blue and gold. Silver beads at tips of blossoms. (b) same as (a) but without fringe.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
103.07.1003 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.1028 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded cuffs for gauntlets, tapezoid shape, blue background with groups of oblong designs, centre design is orange-white-blue, a smaller design of white-yellow-green is lateral, a red-white edge with 3 groups of oblong brown-red-white-blue-cherry, each piece has a thing sewn on to the glo…
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Title
Beaded Cuffs
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
19.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded cuffs for gauntlets, tapezoid shape, blue background with groups of oblong designs, centre design is orange-white-blue, a smaller design of white-yellow-green is lateral, a red-white edge with 3 groups of oblong brown-red-white-blue-cherry, each piece has a thing sewn on to the glove edge.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
103.07.1028 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin, deer; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.1049
Description
long, beaded, white buckskin dress with fringes, pullover style, full length, front and back one piece each, arms sewn on, long fringes at yoke (ca. 31.0) fringes at shoulder seams, arms, sides and arm openings, fringe cut into bottom of skirt, front has symmetrical beading: 5 point white star with…
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
skin, deer; glass
Dimensions
65.0 x 120.0 cm
Description
long, beaded, white buckskin dress with fringes, pullover style, full length, front and back one piece each, arms sewn on, long fringes at yoke (ca. 31.0) fringes at shoulder seams, arms, sides and arm openings, fringe cut into bottom of skirt, front has symmetrical beading: 5 point white star with red (13.0) 2 rosettes, 2 spades, 2 clubs, on back: 1star, 2 rosettes on shoulders, down the arms triangular shape with 2 diamonds, 6 brass bells tied onto fringes at back.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Pearl Moore
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1049
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
skin, deer; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.1047
Description
White buckskin with beads, Pearl Moore's, plain neck opening has thongs to tie at shoulders, 3 rosettes, 2 green,white and red other blue, white and red, on front, horizontal bead strip 36.0 x 3.2 has 3 beadstrips hanging down, beading ca 18.0 long on buckskin strip ca 30.0 long, ends cut into frin…
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
skin, deer; glass
Dimensions
49.5 x 99.0 cm
Description
White buckskin with beads, Pearl Moore's, plain neck opening has thongs to tie at shoulders, 3 rosettes, 2 green,white and red other blue, white and red, on front, horizontal bead strip 36.0 x 3.2 has 3 beadstrips hanging down, beading ca 18.0 long on buckskin strip ca 30.0 long, ends cut into fringe, same on back except only one rosette, fringe at breast and waist, 11 buckskin rosettes with thongs hanging from centre, on skirt, fringes at bottom of dress.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Pearl Moore
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1047
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Date
1930 – 1935
Material
skin; shell; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.3025
Description
Dress of dark brown hide with short sleeves and a tie at one side of the neck opening. The sleeves of the dress have long fringe (23.5 cm) and some of the fringe pieces have blue beads and metal bells attached. The bottom hem of the dress also has fringe (15.0 cm long) attached. The front and b…
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1930 – 1935
Material
skin; shell; metal; glass
Dimensions
87.0 x 96.0 cm
Description
Dress of dark brown hide with short sleeves and a tie at one side of the neck opening. The sleeves of the dress have long fringe (23.5 cm) and some of the fringe pieces have blue beads and metal bells attached. The bottom hem of the dress also has fringe (15.0 cm long) attached. The front and back of the dress are decorated with cowrie shells hanging from beaded thread and three silver buckles with hanging threads. Tag attached: “note in bag - ‘this prob. Stoney w/ borrowed Crow idea’ “ in Joyce Johnson writing (1981-1984) and on reverse “Kathleen old regalia scince (sic) child Oct 1931” in CRW writing.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
regalia
beading
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.3025
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0013
Description
A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the s…
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Title
Beaded Jacket
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; fibre; glass
Dimensions
51.5 x 25.3 cm
Description
A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the same red adn blues. A series of small read and blue stepped triangles from a band a the top and bottom of the bodice. The beads are worked on canvas which is rolled at the neck to form edging, and edged with red fabric at the bottom. Short bead strips are sewn to each shoulder, and each has a design of two large white diamond shapes around a blue diamond and a yellow ochre diamond, with a horizontally divided background in the blue and yellow ochre colour. The diamond shapes are outlined with black and red glass beads. Short buckskin thongs tie the tabard together at the corners under the arms.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Plains
Cree
ceremonial
children
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0013
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