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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- wood, bamboo
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0009
- Description
- Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of…
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- Title
- Anklung
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- wood, bamboo
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 4.2 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of the frame is another hollow tube with two square holes at the top where the legs of suspended tubes attach.
- Subject
- households, music
- hobbies
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0009
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0036
- Description
- A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0036
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- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0041
- Description
- A black woven cotton bag of three bands of material sewn together, with the two outer bands extending to form the handle. The bag has a cotton lining. The bag is decorated with bands of red and white geometric flowers that border the handle and inside panel. There is also some pick-up stitch emb…
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- A black woven cotton bag of three bands of material sewn together, with the two outer bands extending to form the handle. The bag has a cotton lining. The bag is decorated with bands of red and white geometric flowers that border the handle and inside panel. There is also some pick-up stitch embroidery along the top opening of the bag on centre panel. The bag has four gold tassels hanging along the bottom edge.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0041
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre, rayon
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0042
- Description
- A rectangular bag of woven silk and metallic threads in various sized vertical stripes. The bag has two woven strap handles to match in medium length. The bag has a rayon lining.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre, rayon
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular bag of woven silk and metallic threads in various sized vertical stripes. The bag has two woven strap handles to match in medium length. The bag has a rayon lining.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0042
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- Date
- 1945 – 1970
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0043
- Description
- A sack shaped handmade patchwork drawstring bag made up of red, white, green and red patterned pieces of silk fabric. The bag closes with a long thin brown cord drawstring.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1970
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A sack shaped handmade patchwork drawstring bag made up of red, white, green and red patterned pieces of silk fabric. The bag closes with a long thin brown cord drawstring.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- quilting
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0043
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, silk; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0047
- Description
- A flat, square, red wool drawstring bag with a pattern of large orange and white flowers outlined with black triangles embroidered all over. Each of the flowers has a piece of mirrored glass at the centre.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, silk; glass
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A flat, square, red wool drawstring bag with a pattern of large orange and white flowers outlined with black triangles embroidered all over. Each of the flowers has a piece of mirrored glass at the centre.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0047
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0053
- Description
- A square-shaped knitted bag of black and white wool. The bag has a pointed flap with a black and white twisted string at the point. The pattern of the bag includes diamond shapes and a small checked pattern.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A square-shaped knitted bag of black and white wool. The bag has a pointed flap with a black and white twisted string at the point. The pattern of the bag includes diamond shapes and a small checked pattern.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- knitting
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0053
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0059
- Description
- A pouch-shaped string bag with green, beige and red horizontal stripes. The bag has a beige-coloured strap handle.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- A pouch-shaped string bag with green, beige and red horizontal stripes. The bag has a beige-coloured strap handle.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0059
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0074
- Description
- A handbag made of two round woven straw disks with some openwork near the outer edge and green trim along the outer edge. The handles of the bag are braided, and the braid continues around the circumference of the bag.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A handbag made of two round woven straw disks with some openwork near the outer edge and green trim along the outer edge. The handles of the bag are braided, and the braid continues around the circumference of the bag.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0074
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- Date
- 1918 – 1921
- Material
- skin; metal; plastic; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1016
- Description
- Black rubber coated cylindrical duffle bag, leather handles at each end, opening 36.0 has leather flap which closes over a leather strip rivetted onto bag, 4 buckles on strip slides through slits on flap through which another leather strap slides through to lock opening, a small lock is locked onto…
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1918 – 1921
- Material
- skin; metal; plastic; rubber
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 32.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- Black rubber coated cylindrical duffle bag, leather handles at each end, opening 36.0 has leather flap which closes over a leather strip rivetted onto bag, 4 buckles on strip slides through slits on flap through which another leather strap slides through to lock opening, a small lock is locked onto metal loop, another flap covers this opening, it has three straps which correspond to 3 buckles attached to main body.
- Subject
- Edward Oliver Wheeler
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1016
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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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Beaded Headstall
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3045
- Description
- Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diam…
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- Title
- Beaded Headstall
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diamonds; blue, white, red and silver six-pointed stars; and blue, white red and yellow flowers on medallions.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals, horses
- crafts
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3045
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Beaded Headstall
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3046
- Description
- Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and ora…
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- Title
- Beaded Headstall
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and orange crosses; and blue and orange crosses. A diamond-shaped patch, with a rounded red and green cross, hangs from the centre of the headband. The ends of the long strip have hide medallions and thong ties.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- animals, horses
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3046
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Beaded Pendant
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with…
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- Title
- Beaded Pendant
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with transparent beads, and the shield contains alternating red and white vertical stripes with a blue field across the top containing five cross-shaped stars. A 4.5 cm fringe at bottom is formed of strands beaded with transparent beads. The pendant is buckled in area above the eagle's head.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, cow
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0001
- Description
- A tooled leather belt of brown cowhide with a leather covered buckle. The belt is stamped “28 Saddle Craft by Textan Full Grain Cowhide 425 IK”.
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- Title
- Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, cow
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A tooled leather belt of brown cowhide with a leather covered buckle. The belt is stamped “28 Saddle Craft by Textan Full Grain Cowhide 425 IK”.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- decorative
- crafts
- tooling
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0001
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- Date
- 1917
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two pair binoculars in leather cases. Binoculars of dark green metal marked: “CARL ZEISS. JENA. Fernglas 08” Pair (a) has “Nr. 26615” & “IV 1917” and pair (b) marked “Nr. 31134” & “V 1917”. Both cases have label of German text inside lid. Case (a) has a label on top of original label which reads: “…
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- Title
- Binoculars
- Date
- 1917
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 8.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Two pair binoculars in leather cases. Binoculars of dark green metal marked: “CARL ZEISS. JENA. Fernglas 08” Pair (a) has “Nr. 26615” & “IV 1917” and pair (b) marked “Nr. 31134” & “V 1917”. Both cases have label of German text inside lid. Case (a) has a label on top of original label which reads: “Please return to: George Vaux Jr. Gulph Rd. Bryn Mawr. Penna. U.S.A.” Case (a) has leather strap and case (b) has a canvas strap.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- sports
- hiking
- tourism
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1006 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0134
- Description
- A paper cover book of blotting paper, used during the photographic development process to remove excess moisture from photographs, as well as the option to give the photographs a glazed or unglazed finish.According to the instructions on the cover, one would first blot the photo with the interleave…
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- Title
- Blotter Book
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 29.5 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- A paper cover book of blotting paper, used during the photographic development process to remove excess moisture from photographs, as well as the option to give the photographs a glazed or unglazed finish.According to the instructions on the cover, one would first blot the photo with the interleaved blotting paper pages and then, for a glazed finish, turn the photo over to face the alternating wax paper or, for an unglazed finish, leave it facing the blotting paper and then place a weight on the book and let it set.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0134
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0133
- Description
- A deep bowl carved from a single piece of wood and oiled to bring out the grain. The bowl has thin walls, a rounded bottom, and the mouth is slightly narrower than the base.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.5 cm
- Description
- A deep bowl carved from a single piece of wood and oiled to bring out the grain. The bowl has thin walls, a rounded bottom, and the mouth is slightly narrower than the base.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- woodwork
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0133
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- Date
- 1914 – 1930
- Material
- cardboard, metal, glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1054
- Description
- Six-16 Brownie Junior box camera; metal face plate with make and model written; depression in centre for internal lens; 2 viewfinder lenses above lens; viewfinder window beside carrying strap on top; pull out aperture selector; viewfinder window; shutter release; film advance, right side; red film …
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1914 – 1930
- Material
- cardboard, metal, glass
- Dimensions
- 14.2 x 13.9 x 9.1 cm
- Description
- Six-16 Brownie Junior box camera; metal face plate with make and model written; depression in centre for internal lens; 2 viewfinder lenses above lens; viewfinder window beside carrying strap on top; pull out aperture selector; viewfinder window; shutter release; film advance, right side; red film frame window at back; textured black leatherette covers body.
- Subject
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1054
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- Date
- 1941 – 1952
- Material
- metal, cardboard, glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1041
- Description
- Brownie six-twenty (basic box camera); cardboard body detaches into two pieces; body back has round amber window to read frame number; film wind knob on side; front section metal; has twoviewfinders, one on top, other at side; 2 round windows for viewfinders neartop; below is lens and shutter; shu…
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1941 – 1952
- Material
- metal, cardboard, glass
- Description
- Brownie six-twenty (basic box camera); cardboard body detaches into two pieces; body back has round amber window to read frame number; film wind knob on side; front section metal; has twoviewfinders, one on top, other at side; 2 round windows for viewfinders neartop; below is lens and shutter; shutter release on side with pull post to keep shutter open; "Brownie Target six-20" marked on front.
- Subject
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Richard Colley, Calgary, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1041
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