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- Date
- 1920 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3002
- Description
- Flat square bag with beading on one side and fringe (24.0 cm long) along bottom edge that is trimmed with plastic hollow beads. The bag is lined with printed yellow fabric and has two handles that are tied together with a strip of hide. The front of the bag has a beaded design edged with black ve…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin; plastic
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Flat square bag with beading on one side and fringe (24.0 cm long) along bottom edge that is trimmed with plastic hollow beads. The bag is lined with printed yellow fabric and has two handles that are tied together with a strip of hide. The front of the bag has a beaded design edged with black velvet, the back is finished with red felt (wool?). Beaded design has blue background with dark red, blue and white corners. There are two identical designs (17.5 x 14.0 cm) in diamond shapes with geometric shapes in green, dark blue, red and orange. Two small diamond shapes with a red cross in the centre separate the two major motifs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3002
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and squ…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and square designs separate the 3 outlined in dark blue, with light blue and orange centres, buckskin ends sewn on with 2 thongs each end, ca 21.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
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- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0066
- Description
- A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallo…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 81.5 cm
- Description
- A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallowtailed tabards in orange with deep red borders.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0066
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0067
- Description
- A completely beaded belt with small buckskin tab at one end and small metal buckle attached by buckskin tab to other. Lined with white cotton with black floral pattern. Light pinkish purple background between vertical bands made up of five multicoloured bars adjacent to each other, each band being …
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 96.0 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt with small buckskin tab at one end and small metal buckle attached by buckskin tab to other. Lined with white cotton with black floral pattern. Light pinkish purple background between vertical bands made up of five multicoloured bars adjacent to each other, each band being different except for the three in the middle which are green, yellow and blue. Edged with a spiral edging of angular black beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0067
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 73.2 cm
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0092
- Description
- A commercial leather belt with steel buckle which has been heavily beaded. Design of white ground which runs from buckle to belt tab with "stepped" design in blue green blue white blue red blue at the extremities, two eyes of green border around red with blue centres. Another stepped design of indi…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- A commercial leather belt with steel buckle which has been heavily beaded. Design of white ground which runs from buckle to belt tab with "stepped" design in blue green blue white blue red blue at the extremities, two eyes of green border around red with blue centres. Another stepped design of indigo blue indigo white indigo red indigo and at the centre back of the belt's a green cross with single cross bar. The beading is direct to leather, no backing or lining.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0092
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass ar…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 80.7 cm
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass around a red rectangle, alternated with harlequin diamonds in green and vermillion bordered in indigo with four points of brass beads also bordered by indigo.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 100.3 cm
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1020
- Description
- Beaded floral pattern on black, shaped velvet belt, lined with cotton, 3 hooks and eyes closings, border of rose coloured beads on sequinism, each fastened separately, open floral pattern, red-orange-mauve flowers with gold and silver centres, stems and leaves are blue-green-gold with red-gold and…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 79.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded floral pattern on black, shaped velvet belt, lined with cotton, 3 hooks and eyes closings, border of rose coloured beads on sequinism, each fastened separately, open floral pattern, red-orange-mauve flowers with gold and silver centres, stems and leaves are blue-green-gold with red-gold and blue-mauve buds, sequins scattered and grouped.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1020
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
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Beaded Bracelet
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- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0149
- Description
- Crude, various coloured stones on long silver bar links. Flat, sterling silver links taper at the middle and have small eye pierced through each end. Links joined by small piece of wire shaped into a figure 8 through the eyes. Ring at one end, and two opposing hooks which swivel together to lock ar…
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- Title
- Beaded Bracelet
- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 21.9 cm
- Description
- Crude, various coloured stones on long silver bar links. Flat, sterling silver links taper at the middle and have small eye pierced through each end. Links joined by small piece of wire shaped into a figure 8 through the eyes. Ring at one end, and two opposing hooks which swivel together to lock around ring, clasp bracelet into loop. Stones threaded on the six bars are (1) large brown bead jasper ?, (2) flat green bead quartz ?, round clear bead microline? , (3) cylindrical blue bead (lapis , large triangular aqau bead turquoise, (4) small green bead quartz ? , large red torus shaped bead jasper , small orange bead jasper ? , (5) large clear round bead - microline? , (6) large red bead jasper.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0149
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0004
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0004
- Description
- A highly ornamental horse bridle or headstall. The caparison has a crown strap with three runners to the muzzle strap, all with diagonal stripes of beadwork and round beaded medallions at end of nose piece and side runners. There is fringe where the nose piece joins the crown strap
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 (approx.) x 56.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A highly ornamental horse bridle or headstall. The caparison has a crown strap with three runners to the muzzle strap, all with diagonal stripes of beadwork and round beaded medallions at end of nose piece and side runners. There is fringe where the nose piece joins the crown strap
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0004
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0050
- Description
- A decorative horse bridle, heavily beaded canvas. The device when laid flat looks like a pair of cravats, rounded ends at the bottom rosettes at the top, joined by a wide band which would fit across the horse's head. Design of white ground with alternating black and white border in lazy stitch, and…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative horse bridle, heavily beaded canvas. The device when laid flat looks like a pair of cravats, rounded ends at the bottom rosettes at the top, joined by a wide band which would fit across the horse's head. Design of white ground with alternating black and white border in lazy stitch, and three black buffalo, increasing in size as descending down the length, two bison heads and a bison standing right profile. The left rosette is of a bison head, but the right rosette is a replacement and is a stylized sun, a red circle on a white ground. Buckskin thongs at base of "cravats" and tops.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- animal
- horse
- Paul Francis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0050
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- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; shell; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1004
- Description
- beaded cravat and black hair neckband, stylized pink/gold/green flowers outlined in blue on pale blue background worked on faded red fabric in shape of cravat, stitched at top to 5.0 cm wide black hide beckband, white bone button stitched to middle of neckband by 2 short dangling strands of .5 cm …
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- Title
- Beaded Cravat
- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; shell; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 12.0 x 53.0 cm
- Description
- beaded cravat and black hair neckband, stylized pink/gold/green flowers outlined in blue on pale blue background worked on faded red fabric in shape of cravat, stitched at top to 5.0 cm wide black hide beckband, white bone button stitched to middle of neckband by 2 short dangling strands of .5 cm diam pale blue beads, a small cowrie shell at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- regalia
- beadwork
- Tom Simeon
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1004
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1163
- Description
- Black silk dress that hangs straight through the body from the shoulders (chemise) with cap sleeves. The dress is heavily decorated with beadwork - coloured circles and black geometric shapes. A white tag at the back of the neck is marked “16” in red.
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Dimensions
- 71.2 x 126.8 cm
- Description
- Black silk dress that hangs straight through the body from the shoulders (chemise) with cap sleeves. The dress is heavily decorated with beadwork - coloured circles and black geometric shapes. A white tag at the back of the neck is marked “16” in red.
- Subject
- households
- fashion
- Mary McCowan
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Phillips, Kamloops, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1163
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.1003
- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1003
- Description
- Narrow white, round medallion with 4 long tassels, green diagonal stripes outlined in orange, alternating with grey diamond/triangle motif outlined in green, green/grey bead trim along bottom edge, medallion concentric circle of blue/grey, tassels red/grey on buckskin.
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Narrow white, round medallion with 4 long tassels, green diagonal stripes outlined in orange, alternating with grey diamond/triangle motif outlined in green, green/grey bead trim along bottom edge, medallion concentric circle of blue/grey, tassels red/grey on buckskin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Bill Peyto
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1003
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0002
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- glass; feather; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0002
- Description
- A headband woven on a bead loom with white beads forming a background with a pattern of green and orange diamonds. There is green and orange beaded trim along one edge. The band holds two feathers from a bald eagle(?) at the back.
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- glass; feather; fibre
- Dimensions
- 56.0 (circumference) cm
- Description
- A headband woven on a bead loom with white beads forming a background with a pattern of green and orange diamonds. There is green and orange beaded trim along one edge. The band holds two feathers from a bald eagle(?) at the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0002
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.1005
- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1005
- Description
- Stoney beadwork, narrow blue with 3 small red H-motifs laying on sides evenly spaced with the tips and centre bar of H dark blue, two thongs either end, 12.0 cm long
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1925 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 2.0 x 36.4 cm
- Description
- Stoney beadwork, narrow blue with 3 small red H-motifs laying on sides evenly spaced with the tips and centre bar of H dark blue, two thongs either end, 12.0 cm long
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1005
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