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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0234
Description
Small, rounded, flat buckskin bag with short lighter fringe around sides and bottom. Lightly beaded on front with single flower at centre with many petals outlined in blue black, and petals filled in with blue black and white seed beads. Four white stems and outlined black leaves curve from the blo…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
16.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
Small, rounded, flat buckskin bag with short lighter fringe around sides and bottom. Lightly beaded on front with single flower at centre with many petals outlined in blue black, and petals filled in with blue black and white seed beads. Four white stems and outlined black leaves curve from the blossom towards the corners of the purse. An alternately beaded white and black stem rises from the top of the blossom with a white and black trifoliate mass at the top, and two alternately beaded white and black bird's legs support the blossom at the bottom. The mouth of the purse is trimmed with white and black beads, as well as a small pointed tab with a buttonhole slit which is sewn to the middle of the back opening. The back of the purse is two pieces of buckskin patched together.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0234
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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0235
Description
A small cylindrical buckskin bag, fringed around the bottom, completely beaded around the slides, with a wide notched collar, threaded through slits with a buckskin drawstring. Sides beaded with white background and motifs of light blue crosses outlined with orange squares, then darker blue squares…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
18.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A small cylindrical buckskin bag, fringed around the bottom, completely beaded around the slides, with a wide notched collar, threaded through slits with a buckskin drawstring. Sides beaded with white background and motifs of light blue crosses outlined with orange squares, then darker blue squares, then red squares forming a stepped diamond shape. Similar stepped squares form triangular shapes hanging from top and sitting on bottom of beaded band forming the sides. Beadwork banded with narrow light and dark blue alternating bars at top and bottom. Interior lined with lightweight white canvas.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0235
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0236
Description
A square buckskin purse with side and bottom panels added for width. Large beaded geometric motif at centre of front with green diamond and triangles at centre accented with pink and red, the whole figure outlined with a white band following the shape. The back has a green and white outlined open c…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
28.0 x 9.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
A square buckskin purse with side and bottom panels added for width. Large beaded geometric motif at centre of front with green diamond and triangles at centre accented with pink and red, the whole figure outlined with a white band following the shape. The back has a green and white outlined open cross with a white triangle and diamond hanging from its base having red accents and green centres. Front and back edges of the sides and bottom are bound with a thick band of white and red bars beaded over the seams. Rounded flap has same red and white trimming its edges with two holes cut through at middle for tying with a double buckskin wrapped rolled handles. Inside completely lined with light brown cotton fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0236
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Date
1965 – 1976
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0237
Description
A cylindrical buckskin bag completely beaded around sides with large red poppies and buds with green stems and leaves, on a pearly white background. Long buckskin fringe around base of bag. Very wide, soft buckskin fringe around base of bag. Very wide, soft buckskin double drawstring. Drawstring th…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1976
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
28.0 x 18.5 cm
Description
A cylindrical buckskin bag completely beaded around sides with large red poppies and buds with green stems and leaves, on a pearly white background. Long buckskin fringe around base of bag. Very wide, soft buckskin fringe around base of bag. Very wide, soft buckskin double drawstring. Drawstring thongs tied at ends and fringed, bag completely lined with bright orange cotton fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Rose Labelle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0237
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0240
Description
A rectangular pouch of white buckskin with the bottom half made from hairy deer hide from the fetlocks of a deer with the bony outgrowth still attached. Bottom half of back of tan buckskin. White buckskin fringe across bottom of purse, and along bottom of white buckskin upper portion of bag. Lightl…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Dimensions
37.0 x 20.0 cm
Description
A rectangular pouch of white buckskin with the bottom half made from hairy deer hide from the fetlocks of a deer with the bony outgrowth still attached. Bottom half of back of tan buckskin. White buckskin fringe across bottom of purse, and along bottom of white buckskin upper portion of bag. Lightly beaded along bottom of buckskin with blue and yellow triangles sitting on a thick band of red and yellow alternating bars, with an interrupted line of blue beads below and above. Bands continue around back of purse but triangles do not. Top edge of purse cut into large scallops and trimmed with red and blue bead edging. Double drawstring of buckskin through slits cut at neck of purse. Lined with white satin fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0240
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Date
1965 – 1979
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0264
Description
A flat pouch shaped buckskin bag, fringed along sides and bottom, with braided buckskin drawstring through slits at neck. Raw edges of buckskin are notched. Beaded panel in bottom two thirds of front contains picture of large yellow sun with pointed rays outlined in orange, setting over straight la…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1979
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
26.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
A flat pouch shaped buckskin bag, fringed along sides and bottom, with braided buckskin drawstring through slits at neck. Raw edges of buckskin are notched. Beaded panel in bottom two thirds of front contains picture of large yellow sun with pointed rays outlined in orange, setting over straight landscape of green with iridescent black cylindrical beads below. Orange four pointed star in upper left corner and crescent moon in upper right are outlined in black. Worked on white diagonally beaded background with red lettering beaded below, "Sun set in the west".
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0264
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0265
Description
A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond o…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
19.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond on either side, outlined with blue squares, then black ones, are adjacent to the yellow triangles. Left side of beaded panel has red border, right side has blue border. Flap has notched edge at its rounded bottom, and slit buttonhole at centre to fasten purse (button missing) strap handle seamed at middle where two pieces were joined.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0265
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; hair; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0266
Description
A long, flat, rectangular buckskin purse completely beaded on the front, short buckskin flap, fringes across the bottom, and rolled buckskin loop handle wrapped with beads and a patch of brown fur at the middle. Front completely beaded with blue background and large simple motif of a red diamond wi…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; hair; fibre
Dimensions
33.5 x 20.0 cm
Description
A long, flat, rectangular buckskin purse completely beaded on the front, short buckskin flap, fringes across the bottom, and rolled buckskin loop handle wrapped with beads and a patch of brown fur at the middle. Front completely beaded with blue background and large simple motif of a red diamond with red chevron above and below, all connected with white outline bands. Sides and top trimmed with an edging of notched buckskin. Flap formed from an extension of the back folded over at the top and notched at the edge. Flap fastens through two small slits on each side with a doubled thong sewn to the front of the purse. Handle wrapped with red beads at the bottom and white at the centre covered with the patch of fur and sewn to the sides of the purse through small pieces of fringed buckskin at the ends. Front of purse lined with purple fabric printed with musical instruments.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
Elaine Twoyoungman
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0266
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0293
Description
A flat, square, round bottomed buckskin purse with long spotted fawn hair panel set into front. Fringes around bottom and part way up sides, small flap at top, and strap handle of buckskin. Buckskin panels on either side of fawn hair contain three arrow motifs of green, blue and pearly pink. Panel …
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Dimensions
24.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
A flat, square, round bottomed buckskin purse with long spotted fawn hair panel set into front. Fringes around bottom and part way up sides, small flap at top, and strap handle of buckskin. Buckskin panels on either side of fawn hair contain three arrow motifs of green, blue and pearly pink. Panel at bottom repeats same motif three times. Motif repeated across flap with vertical bands of feather stitching beaded in blue with green tips. Inside of purse and strap lined with tightly woven white fabric. Buttonhole tab of buckskin, sewn to underside of top flap, buttons over rolled buckskin toggle attached to front of purse. Back of purse has long notched buckskin strip down the middle.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0293
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Date
1960 – 1979
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0294
Description
A nearly square buckskin purse with back completely beaded with an eagle. Narrow strip set in between front and back to allow for depth. Pointed buckskin flap with notched edge and slit at the point, buttons over a buckskin toggle sewn to the purse beneath. Long narrow notch edged buckskin strap ha…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1960 – 1979
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
26.0 x 3.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
A nearly square buckskin purse with back completely beaded with an eagle. Narrow strip set in between front and back to allow for depth. Pointed buckskin flap with notched edge and slit at the point, buttons over a buckskin toggle sewn to the purse beneath. Long narrow notch edged buckskin strap handle. Beaded back panel trimmed with narrow bands of notched buckskin, contains a black eagle contour beaded with white head and white tipped tail feathers, yellow beak and talons, on a blue green background. Interior of purse lined with yellowish beige fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
animal
eagle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0294
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Date
1960 – 1979
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0295
Description
A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped moti…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1960 – 1979
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Dimensions
28.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A rectangular white buckskin purse with front of beaver fur. Fringed along sides and bottom with white buckskin. Long strap of buckskin reinforced with a strip of buckskin sewn over two cords for strength and tied to sides of purse with thongs. Scallop edged flap is lightly beaded with stepped motif at centre of small blue, yellow, red and green squares. Motifs at each side of three adjoined triangles of blue outlined with red, then green, and small arrows shooting toward them of yellow, green, red and blue. Flap edged with tightly looped green beading, and ties through double slits at each side with doubled thongs attached to front of purse. Completely lined with white satiny fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0295
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Date
prior to 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.3004
Description
Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and …
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
prior to 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
29.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and white crosses and two black chevrons, at the centre with white and black chevrons pointing toward the hexagon. Each corner of the beadwork has a green and white cross. Handsewn with thread, not sinew
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
crafts
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3004
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0068
Description
A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centr…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Dimensions
100.0 cm
Description
A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centre. Long edges have light blue border of diagonal beading.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0068
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Date
1960 – 1979
Material
glass; skin; metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0069
Description
A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangle…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1960 – 1979
Material
glass; skin; metal; fibre
Dimensions
5.0 x 89.0 cm
Description
A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangles with their points together made of small squares of red, blue, yellow and green beads. At each side between two diamonds is an orange white orange diagonal stripe and a dark red blue dark red diagonal line with a blue and red stepped "X" between. The long edges have red and white beaded edging. Belt is lined with muslin.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0069
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Date
1969 – 1972
Material
fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0072
Description
An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt b…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1969 – 1972
Material
fibre; glass
Dimensions
4.7 x 76.0 cm
Description
An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt bordered by pearly white beads. Plain cotton backing, buckskin ties at each end.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
Reba Bearspaw
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0072
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Date
1960 – 1979
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.07.0082
Description
A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1960 – 1979
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Dimensions
33.0 x 78.0 cm
Description
A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small buckskin thong at each corner for fastening belt.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0082
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.07.0087
Description
Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller c…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
5.8 x 82.2 cm
Description
Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cross bars contain more regular diamonds. The edges are trimmed with skyline bead fringe. Backing is a commercial cotton floral print.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0087
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.07.0089
Description
A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
4.7 x 78.2 cm
Description
A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0089
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Date
1965 – 1979
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0106
Description
A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Sub…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1965 – 1979
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Dimensions
6.3 x 79.5 cm
Description
A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Substantial border along each edge of orange and green hands worked in lazy stitch. Edging of white beads interrupted with a single green bead.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0106
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Date
1945 – 1965
Material
fibre; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0110
Description
A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1945 – 1965
Material
fibre; glass; fibre
Dimensions
8.4 x 90.0 cm
Description
A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0110
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