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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0269
- Description
- Circular based vase, container is inverted triangular shape which is flattened, indented, oblong rim shape versus circular rim shape, concave foot. "Made (pi?)AM ... R.72" written on base. Label on base "Carbone Inc. Boston FF-1135". White slip with hand-painted, multi-coloured floral designs, gre…
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 9.8 x 16.7 cm
- Description
- Circular based vase, container is inverted triangular shape which is flattened, indented, oblong rim shape versus circular rim shape, concave foot. "Made (pi?)AM ... R.72" written on base. Label on base "Carbone Inc. Boston FF-1135". White slip with hand-painted, multi-coloured floral designs, green leaves dominant colour.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0269
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