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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0131 a,b
Description
Two small bar pins set with pearls alternating with pale blue sapphires. Gold bar has tiny gold spikes to hold pearls, and small prongs to hold sapphires at same height as pearls. Hinged gold pin spike at one end of back fastens in clasp at opposite end. (a) smaller - four pearls alternated with th…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Dimensions
0.7 x 0.3 x 2.3 cm
Description
Two small bar pins set with pearls alternating with pale blue sapphires. Gold bar has tiny gold spikes to hold pearls, and small prongs to hold sapphires at same height as pearls. Hinged gold pin spike at one end of back fastens in clasp at opposite end. (a) smaller - four pearls alternated with three sapphires, prong fitting holding sapphires quite solid, clasp is simple hook. (b) longer - five sapphires alternating with four pearls. Prong fitting holding sapphires quite open, almost being four legs on which each stone rests. Pearl of uniform size but slightly irregular in shape. Hook clasp has simple locking mechanism.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0131 a,b
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0132
Description
A gold filled pin of three flower blossoms and leaves joined side by side in a line. Pin arches upward slightly, each flower consists of a stem with three sets of compound leaves branching from it, and a cluster of tiny closed buds above. Pin spike hinge and curled hook clasp soldered to back, but …
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.3 x 0.9 x 3.5 cm
Description
A gold filled pin of three flower blossoms and leaves joined side by side in a line. Pin arches upward slightly, each flower consists of a stem with three sets of compound leaves branching from it, and a cluster of tiny closed buds above. Pin spike hinge and curled hook clasp soldered to back, but pin spike missing.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Japanese
Edward S. Morse;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0132
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0189
Description
A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath lo…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 0.8 x 4.9 cm
Description
A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath locking barrel clasp at other end.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
animal
dragon
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0189
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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0190 a-c
Description
Three long bar pins, each containing sapphires. Long, hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) with pearls, long, narrow, rhodium plated, delicate wire filigree set with five, small 3 dia., blue sapphires spaced evenly across, with four, small .2 dia. cultured pearls set …
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Dimensions
1.1 x 0.7 x 7.4 cm
Description
Three long bar pins, each containing sapphires. Long, hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) with pearls, long, narrow, rhodium plated, delicate wire filigree set with five, small 3 dia., blue sapphires spaced evenly across, with four, small .2 dia. cultured pearls set between. Filigree follows small, triangular, leaf shape on either side of the sapphires. Solid areas sharply engraved to pick up light and sparkle. Back gold colour. (b) with moonstones, long, oval, clear moonstone 1.6 x .6 at middle, flanked by smaller, clear, round .5 dia. moonstone each side. Halfway along remainder of each side is large .5 dia. blue sapphire. Areas between stones filled with heavy interlocking wire circles. (c) star sapphire , long, elliptical, solid gold pin with design around flowers and leaves pierced through. Oval .9 x .6 , domed star sapphire at middle. Hook clasp does not lock.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0190 a-c
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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0191 a-c
Description
Three small bar pins, 2 of delicate filigree, 1 arced with pearls. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) rhodium filigree, narrow rectangle containing delicate, straight wires connecting four small flowers across pin. Rhodium plated metal sharply engraved to pick up th…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; pearl
Dimensions
0.6 x 0.4 x 2.6 cm
Description
Three small bar pins, 2 of delicate filigree, 1 arced with pearls. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) rhodium filigree, narrow rectangle containing delicate, straight wires connecting four small flowers across pin. Rhodium plated metal sharply engraved to pick up the light and sparkle. Back and sides gold colour. (b)gold filigree,as (a) but delicate wire ellipse on either side of single, central flower. (c) pearls, small, flat, gold bar shaped in 90 degree are with eleven, small, cultured pearls set along are, pearls graduate in size from .1 to .2 cm, with largest at the middle. Pin spike passes from one end of arc to other. Hook clasp does not have locking mechanism.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0191 a-c
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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
skin; plastic; claw
Catalogue Number
103.01.0051
Description
A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
skin; plastic; claw
Dimensions
103. cm
Description
A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
animal
bear
regalia
accessories
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0051
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3016 a-h
Description
Round-braided strands of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.2 to 14.0 cm long) and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops. a) 60.0 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm, light blue and orange beading; b) 58.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm, red and light green beading beading;c) …
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
60.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strands of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.2 to 14.0 cm long) and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops. a) 60.0 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm, light blue and orange beading; b) 58.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm, red and light green beading beading;c) 59.0 x 8.0 x 1.6 cm, light green and orange beading;d) 66.0 x 6.3 x 1.5 cm, light blue and red beading;e) 61.0 x 8.9 x 1.4 cm, light blue and red beading;f) 59.0 x 10.0 x 1.9 cm, red and light blue beading;g) 59.0 x 9.2 x 1.3 cm, red and light blue beading;h) 59.0 x 8.0 x 1.6 cm, red and light blue beading.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3016 a-h
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Date
prior to 1973
Material
seed; plastic
Catalogue Number
103.01.3018
Description
Thirty four seed pods strung together on a brown plastic lacing (68.8 cm long). Tag in CRW's writing: "Viola Hunter Nov 10,1973"
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1973
Material
seed; plastic
Dimensions
10.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
Thirty four seed pods strung together on a brown plastic lacing (68.8 cm long). Tag in CRW's writing: "Viola Hunter Nov 10,1973"
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
Viola Hunter
crafts
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3018
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
bone; skin; hoof
Catalogue Number
103.01.3010
Description
Bones (toe bones?) strung on a leather thong (62.0 cm long) with 6 groups of two dew claws (deer? elk?) hanging from short lenghts of thong. Tag with CRW's writing: "Archie Daniels ask him about these vertebrae & deer nails"
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
bone; skin; hoof
Dimensions
17.5 x 35.8 cm
Description
Bones (toe bones?) strung on a leather thong (62.0 cm long) with 6 groups of two dew claws (deer? elk?) hanging from short lenghts of thong. Tag with CRW's writing: "Archie Daniels ask him about these vertebrae & deer nails"
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3010
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; hoof; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3011
Description
Round and oblong opaque glass beads, with slight colouration, spacing 16 dew claws (deer? elk?). The beads and hoof tips are strung on two ply string (92.0 cm long). The necklace has a leather tie.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; hoof; skin
Dimensions
10.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
Round and oblong opaque glass beads, with slight colouration, spacing 16 dew claws (deer? elk?). The beads and hoof tips are strung on two ply string (92.0 cm long). The necklace has a leather tie.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3011
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood; seed; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.3012
Description
13 oblong (4.0 cm. long) wooden beads joined by 14 groups of 3 wolf willow (Elaeagnus commutata) seed pods. The seeds and wooden beads are strung on a string with red glass beads tied off at each end.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood; seed; fibre; glass
Dimensions
0.5 x 88.0 cm
Description
13 oblong (4.0 cm. long) wooden beads joined by 14 groups of 3 wolf willow (Elaeagnus commutata) seed pods. The seeds and wooden beads are strung on a string with red glass beads tied off at each end.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beading
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3012
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; bone; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3017
Description
Short hollow bones strung on leather thong (50.0 cm long) with dew claws (deer? elk?) spaced between each group of two bones. A hoof tip with two cowrie shells hangs from the centre.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; bone; skin
Dimensions
8.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
Short hollow bones strung on leather thong (50.0 cm long) with dew claws (deer? elk?) spaced between each group of two bones. A hoof tip with two cowrie shells hangs from the centre.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3017
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
seeds; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.3019
Description
Numerous dark brown round dried seeds strung on thread (70.0 cm long).
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
seeds; fibre
Dimensions
1.5 x 35.0 cm
Description
Numerous dark brown round dried seeds strung on thread (70.0 cm long).
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3019
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3020
Description
Hollow red, black and white beaded tube (75.0 cm long) with leather thong ties attached at each end. A medallion (8.5 cm diameter) is attached to the centre of the chocker. The medallion has a red border, a black background with a red and white star pattern, and a leather backing.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Dimensions
10.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
Hollow red, black and white beaded tube (75.0 cm long) with leather thong ties attached at each end. A medallion (8.5 cm diameter) is attached to the centre of the chocker. The medallion has a red border, a black background with a red and white star pattern, and a leather backing.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3020
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3025
Description
Round strand (69.0 cm circumference) beaded in red, white and blue. Necklace has a medallion (10.0 cm diameter) attached at the centre with a white background, red border, a blue star pattern, and blue and white tassel loops (6.4 cm long) hanging from the bottom edge. Tag in CRW's writing: "Joe …
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
10.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
Round strand (69.0 cm circumference) beaded in red, white and blue. Necklace has a medallion (10.0 cm diameter) attached at the centre with a white background, red border, a blue star pattern, and blue and white tassel loops (6.4 cm long) hanging from the bottom edge. Tag in CRW's writing: "Joe Twoyoungman may want it back".
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
beading
Joe Twoyoungman
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3025
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3026
Description
Beaded medallion (11.0 cm long, 11.5 cm wide) decorated with a black bison head with white horns, ears, eyes and nostyrils on a blue background. Tassels (7.0 cm long) with grey, red and orange beads hang from the bottom edge of the medallion. Two neck straps (53.0 cm long, 1.5 cm wide) are bucks…
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
13.0 x 72.0 cm
Description
Beaded medallion (11.0 cm long, 11.5 cm wide) decorated with a black bison head with white horns, ears, eyes and nostyrils on a blue background. Tassels (7.0 cm long) with grey, red and orange beads hang from the bottom edge of the medallion. Two neck straps (53.0 cm long, 1.5 cm wide) are buckskin with beaded edges and bands of blue and red and bands of blue and orange. The straps are attached to the back of the medallion at one end and have a tassel at the other.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3026
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3028
Description
Round-braided strand (1.5 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (13.0 cm long) in orange and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
7.0 x 60.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strand (1.5 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (13.0 cm long) in orange and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3028
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3029
Description
Very finely round-braided strand (2.0 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.5 cm long) in white and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with leather fringe (7.0 cm long). Tag in CRW’s handwriting “Be_l_y Beaver - Sweetgrass Oct 1…
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
9.3 x 62.0 cm
Description
Very finely round-braided strand (2.0 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.5 cm long) in white and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with leather fringe (7.0 cm long). Tag in CRW’s handwriting “Be_l_y Beaver - Sweetgrass Oct 17 credit.”
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3029
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3030
Description
Round-braided strand ( 1.7 cm diameter) of sweetgrass. Both ends of the strand are joined in a red, white and orange beaded (9.0 cm long) buckskin tube with fringe (16.5 cm long) at the end.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
8.0 x 72.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strand ( 1.7 cm diameter) of sweetgrass. Both ends of the strand are joined in a red, white and orange beaded (9.0 cm long) buckskin tube with fringe (16.5 cm long) at the end.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3030
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.1039
Description
Beaded choker made of three sections. Ends are skin with gold, black and red beads, bordered with green and black beads. Centre section loom beaded in red, black and white.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
3.5 x 79.0 cm
Description
Beaded choker made of three sections. Ends are skin with gold, black and red beads, bordered with green and black beads. Centre section loom beaded in red, black and white.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
regalia
beadwork
Whyte family
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
103.01.1039
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