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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
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1019
- Description
- Folding decorative comb hand cut and carved from tortoise shell. Finely carved figure of a woman in profile, wearing a long skirt, carrying a large shoulder bag and holding a dead bird in one hand. A rivet at the top of the figure allows a fancy carved comb to swivel out from her head.
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- Title
- Comb
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- shell; metal
- Description
- Folding decorative comb hand cut and carved from tortoise shell. Finely carved figure of a woman in profile, wearing a long skirt, carrying a large shoulder bag and holding a dead bird in one hand. A rivet at the top of the figure allows a fancy carved comb to swivel out from her head.
- Subject
- households
- Mary Schaffer
- carving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1019
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0470
- Description
- A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.6 x 27.5 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- beadwork
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0470
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Footstool Stool
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0034
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0034
- Description
- Long footrest, the length of a standard sofa, that sits directly on the floor (it has no legs). One side arcs from the corners of the other, straight, edge and is slighly scalloped. The piece is covered with walnut burl veneer. The centre of the footrest features a large guage needlepoint design…
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- Title
- Footstool Stool
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 30.0 x 122.0 cm
- Description
- Long footrest, the length of a standard sofa, that sits directly on the floor (it has no legs). One side arcs from the corners of the other, straight, edge and is slighly scalloped. The piece is covered with walnut burl veneer. The centre of the footrest features a large guage needlepoint design worked in wool on satin upholstery. The needlepoint is a floral design with a red background, white flowers, and green and brown leaves.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- crafts
- needlepoint
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0034
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- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
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- Title
- Hatchet Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 15.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin; metal; hair, buffalo; glass; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0008
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin; metal; hair, buffalo; glass; feather
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the end of each cone, that hangs around the middle of the sheath. A strip of blue and green beadwork, that is wrapped with sections of bison hide, hangs from the bottom point of the sheath.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0008
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Needlepoint Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1041
- Date
- 1873 – 1873
- Material
- linen; wood; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1041
- Description
- Needlepoint sampler by Lucy Ann Andrew, aged 11 years, 1873. Mounted in a shadowbox with wooden frame and plexiglass front. The sampler is done in cross-stitch, multi-coloured (brown, dark grey, light grey and blue) on a loosely woven ecru linen. It depicts an alphabetical display of double upper a…
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- Title
- Needlepoint Sampler
- Date
- 1873 – 1873
- Material
- linen; wood; glass;
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 24.2 cm
- Description
- Needlepoint sampler by Lucy Ann Andrew, aged 11 years, 1873. Mounted in a shadowbox with wooden frame and plexiglass front. The sampler is done in cross-stitch, multi-coloured (brown, dark grey, light grey and blue) on a loosely woven ecru linen. It depicts an alphabetical display of double upper and single lowercase needlepoint work including “Lucy Ann Andrew, her sampler, aged 11 years, August 6, 1873”, located in bottom one-third portion of sampler. There is a stitched hem around three-quarters of what would have been unfinished weft and warp.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- children
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Silvia and Eric Soole, Victoria, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1041
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0015
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; paint; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0015
- Description
- A mahogany occasional chair with a woven rush seat. The back of the chair is gilt decorated mahogany with a back splat that is hand carved and painted.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; paint; fibre
- Dimensions
- 82.5 x 54.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- A mahogany occasional chair with a woven rush seat. The back of the chair is gilt decorated mahogany with a back splat that is hand carved and painted.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0015
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0012
- Description
- Optical illusion quilt made with multi-coloured scraps of cloth handquilted into cube pattern. The quilt is lined with paper and backed with cotton. Many squares are deteriorating.
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- Title
- Quilt
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 150.0 x 165.0 cm
- Description
- Optical illusion quilt made with multi-coloured scraps of cloth handquilted into cube pattern. The quilt is lined with paper and backed with cotton. Many squares are deteriorating.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0012
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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- Date
- 1794 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0010
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1794 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 19.0; 21.0 (frame) x 13.5; 16.0 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with each letter worked once until “P” at the end of the sampler where “Susana Lhaman” (sic) is stitched. The sampler was originally framed with a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0010
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- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0156
- Description
- A rectangular thick wooden tray carved from a piece of dark wood. The tray is slightly irregular in shape and has rounded corners. The centre of the tray has a slight depression with sloping sides. There is an illegible sticker on the base (possibly Chinese).
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- Title
- Serving Tray
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular thick wooden tray carved from a piece of dark wood. The tray is slightly irregular in shape and has rounded corners. The centre of the tray has a slight depression with sloping sides. There is an illegible sticker on the base (possibly Chinese).
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0156
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- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Att…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Dimensions
- 162.0 cm
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Attached to the end of the tomahawk is a beaded band with long fringe at the end. The band has a white beaded background and design of three yellow triangles with red bases and blue corners. Two feathers hang from beaded leather thongs attached to the axehead with a tuft of grey fur.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0060
- Description
- Circular mirror with cast metal frame. Bottom of frame portrays satyr's face with horns, cloven hooves, and there is a scallop shell at the top of the frame. Handpainted pansies are directly on the mirror and words, “Souvenir C------”, are also painted on the mirror face.
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 1.5 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- Circular mirror with cast metal frame. Bottom of frame portrays satyr's face with horns, cloven hooves, and there is a scallop shell at the top of the frame. Handpainted pansies are directly on the mirror and words, “Souvenir C------”, are also painted on the mirror face.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0060
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