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- Date
- 1902 – 1902
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0021
- Description
- A long black academic gown with long wide pointed sleeves gathered at the shoulders. The gown opens down the length of the gown front, with a wide panel on either side, and snaps to fasten at the top creating a V-neck. The back of the gown is gathered between the shoulders with a square 'collar' …
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- Title
- Academic Gown
- Date
- 1902 – 1902
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 130.0 cm
- Description
- A long black academic gown with long wide pointed sleeves gathered at the shoulders. The gown opens down the length of the gown front, with a wide panel on either side, and snaps to fasten at the top creating a V-neck. The back of the gown is gathered between the shoulders with a square 'collar' at the yoke and a line of twisted cording down centre that buttons at the bottom of the yoke. The monogram “P.A.M.” is sewn on a label at the neck. There is also a manufacturer’s label at the neck.
- Subject
- Philip Moore
- education
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0021
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- Date
- 1904 – 1904
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0023
- Description
- A gold-coloured academic gown gathered at the yoke and sleeves. The gown has a wide curving neck and front opening that are banded with black satin. There are three black satin bands along edges of the wide, long, pointed sleeves. The gown fastens at the front of the neck with hooks and a narro…
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- Title
- Academic Gown
- Date
- 1904 – 1904
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre
- Dimensions
- 128.5 cm
- Description
- A gold-coloured academic gown gathered at the yoke and sleeves. The gown has a wide curving neck and front opening that are banded with black satin. There are three black satin bands along edges of the wide, long, pointed sleeves. The gown fastens at the front of the neck with hooks and a narrow ribbon tie.
- Subject
- education
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0023
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- Date
- 1902 – 1902
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre, silk; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0022
- Description
- A black academic hood that has a sleeve shape at the end. The deep hood is lined with orange silk and black silk in wide bands. The hood is edged in light grey velvet which forms a strap to pass over the shoulders and rest on the chest.
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- Title
- Academic Hood
- Date
- 1902 – 1902
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre, silk; fibre
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 107.0 cm
- Description
- A black academic hood that has a sleeve shape at the end. The deep hood is lined with orange silk and black silk in wide bands. The hood is edged in light grey velvet which forms a strap to pass over the shoulders and rest on the chest.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0022
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- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with correspondin…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with corresponding blue tassels, 2 each side (2 missing each side) Other 2 panels of a different design and colours - were arm bands, belt bandends are cotton ca 8.5 long with 2 cotton ties each side, edge beading lightblue.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
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Beaded Breastplate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0020
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.1047%20a-d
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1047 a-d
- Description
- Four piece beaded head stall decoration. (a) side of headstall, 40.5x7.0, gold coloured metal beads and green glass beads outline entire piece. Four geometric designs in dark blue, red and yellow with white background. Circular end has red and white beads. Two buckskin thongs sewn onto each end…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; skin
- Description
- Four piece beaded head stall decoration. (a) side of headstall, 40.5x7.0, gold coloured metal beads and green glass beads outline entire piece. Four geometric designs in dark blue, red and yellow with white background. Circular end has red and white beads. Two buckskin thongs sewn onto each end. (b) Noseband, 31.2x6.8. Most of metal beads missing. Same colours as (a) but in continuous angular rows. (c and d) on display, unable to describe.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1047 a-d
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- Date
- 1900 – 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0012
- Description
- A woman's deerskin dress fringed along each side and at the edges of the sleeves. There are two rows of fringe along the yoke at the front and back that curves into a slight dip at the centre and are accented by a row of green and silver beadwork at the top. A medallion of concentric green and si…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1900 – 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 70.0 (underarms) x 123.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's deerskin dress fringed along each side and at the edges of the sleeves. There are two rows of fringe along the yoke at the front and back that curves into a slight dip at the centre and are accented by a row of green and silver beadwork at the top. A medallion of concentric green and silver rows of beads is located at the dip of fringework on the front of the dress. There is a double row of fringe at the bottom hem.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0012
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the s…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the same red adn blues. A series of small read and blue stepped triangles from a band a the top and bottom of the bodice. The beads are worked on canvas which is rolled at the neck to form edging, and edged with red fabric at the bottom. Short bead strips are sewn to each shoulder, and each has a design of two large white diamond shapes around a blue diamond and a yellow ochre diamond, with a horizontally divided background in the blue and yellow ochre colour. The diamond shapes are outlined with black and red glass beads. Short buckskin thongs tie the tabard together at the corners under the arms.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Plains
- Cree
- ceremonial
- children
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.1009
- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass; hoof
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1009
- Description
- Thick strand of wrapped black beads and hooves, black seed beads wrapped around fabric to form thick strand, short areas of black white hands each side, 6 deer hooves or deer claws attached by buckskin bands along each side, 2 together at bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass; hoof
- Dimensions
- 39.5 cm
- Description
- Thick strand of wrapped black beads and hooves, black seed beads wrapped around fabric to form thick strand, short areas of black white hands each side, 6 deer hooves or deer claws attached by buckskin bands along each side, 2 together at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- ceremonial
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1009
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; grass, sweetgrass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0006
- Description
- A thick, single strand necklace of braided red sweetgrass. Both ends are wrapped with beads, a strand of pink beads and a strand of green beads, and split into two sections at each end. A strand of beads is tied into loops at the junction of sweetgrass and beading.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; grass, sweetgrass
- Dimensions
- 55.0 cm
- Description
- A thick, single strand necklace of braided red sweetgrass. Both ends are wrapped with beads, a strand of pink beads and a strand of green beads, and split into two sections at each end. A strand of beads is tied into loops at the junction of sweetgrass and beading.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0006
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- stone, soapstone
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0013
- Description
- A squared piece of greyish soapstone (steatite) cut roughly in the shape of a pipe bowl with a sharp right angle. There is an incised vertical line at the joint of bowl and stem piece.
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- Title
- Calmulet Bowl
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- stone, soapstone
- Dimensions
- 4.0 cm
- Description
- A squared piece of greyish soapstone (steatite) cut roughly in the shape of a pipe bowl with a sharp right angle. There is an incised vertical line at the joint of bowl and stem piece.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Plains
- crafts
- carving
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0013
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- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Dimensions
- 19.5 (a); 11.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- smoking
- trade
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 (bowl) x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- Plains Cree
- Woodland Ojibwa
- Plains Ojibwa
- crafts
- carving
- quillwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0029 a,b
- Description
- A large calumet with large red stone T-shaped bowl (a); and long thick wooden stick stem (b); cylindrical smoke bowl joins base in V-joint; bowl base is flattened along bottom and along the top in front of the smoke bowl where it tapers slightly and is cut off at angle; stone smoothly polished to d…
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 4.1 x 63.4 cm
- Description
- A large calumet with large red stone T-shaped bowl (a); and long thick wooden stick stem (b); cylindrical smoke bowl joins base in V-joint; bowl base is flattened along bottom and along the top in front of the smoke bowl where it tapers slightly and is cut off at angle; stone smoothly polished to dull sheen; thick, round stem (b) is carved from tree branch with hole drilled through its length; long tube mouthpiece carved at one end, and shorter tube joint for bowl at other.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- smoking
- Stoney
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0029 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1004 a-e
- Description
- A red-brown calumet in five pieces.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- A red-brown calumet in five pieces.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1004 a-e
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- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and two red and blue diamond shapes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Kootenay
- beadwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1034
- Description
- Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and gr…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and green, other side red, mauve, blue flower, yellow bud. Top of bag buckskin has blue beads on side edges, red on top scalloped edge. One thong looped thought 2 holes near top. [Typical transitional floral patterns with a wide selection of beads, ie. 1870-1920, interesting rectangular pattern on back. Al McClelland 1997]
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1034
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- stone; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0036
- Description
- A long squared red stone pipe stem which tapers at one end; long thin lines have been incised along the length on the sides of each face, and a simplified scroll pattern along the length of the top face; small wooden tube mouthpiece has been inserted at narrower end of stem, and a larger wooden tub…
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- Title
- Calumet Stem
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- stone; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 2.3 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- A long squared red stone pipe stem which tapers at one end; long thin lines have been incised along the length on the sides of each face, and a simplified scroll pattern along the length of the top face; small wooden tube mouthpiece has been inserted at narrower end of stem, and a larger wooden tube which is wrapped with fine string at the other to join the pipe bowl; has been smoked.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- smoking
- Stoney
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0036
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Cigarette Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.0179
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0179
- Description
- A carved ivory cigarette holder featuring the figure of a demon with a monkey-like face. The demon’s eyes have painted black pupils. The holder has a hole at the top of the stem, rather than through the centre at the end, to allow smoke to pass into the mouth.
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- Title
- Cigarette Holder
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.3 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- A carved ivory cigarette holder featuring the figure of a demon with a monkey-like face. The demon’s eyes have painted black pupils. The holder has a hole at the top of the stem, rather than through the centre at the end, to allow smoke to pass into the mouth.
- Subject
- smoking
- ceremonial
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0179
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0001
- Description
- A war club with a leather-wrapped handle painted with red and black bands and decorated with rings of black and pink beads. The club’s stone head is covered with leather, and attached loosely, but securely to the handle. The head is painted with a red and black design (X on one side). The club h…
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 93.0 cm
- Description
- A war club with a leather-wrapped handle painted with red and black bands and decorated with rings of black and pink beads. The club’s stone head is covered with leather, and attached loosely, but securely to the handle. The head is painted with a red and black design (X on one side). The club has tassels of soft leather fringe with beads hanging from the head and the end of the club.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0001
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