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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0015
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0015
- Description
- A necklace of eleven strands of beads strung between fringed animal hide. The strands get longer as they proceed down the mecklace. The centre of each strand is made up of darker beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace of eleven strands of beads strung between fringed animal hide. The strands get longer as they proceed down the mecklace. The centre of each strand is made up of darker beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0015
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0001
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 150.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0005
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0005
- Description
- A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass
- Dimensions
- 135.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
- Subject
- decoration
- beadwork
- crafts
- Indigenous
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0005
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0008
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals, cougar
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0009
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- shell, cowrie; metal, brass; shin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0009
- Description
- A man's choker necklace of brass beads alternating with cowrie shells. This necklace would be tied around the neck with rawhide thongs.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- shell, cowrie; metal, brass; shin
- Dimensions
- 96.0 cm
- Description
- A man's choker necklace of brass beads alternating with cowrie shells. This necklace would be tied around the neck with rawhide thongs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0009
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0074
- Date
- 1860 – 1875
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0074
- Description
- An eight strand coil beaded loop necklace, white beads wound around leather strands, with brass and wooden beads at the nadir of each strand. Two pieces of harness leather at each end with the strand leathers brought through them to form fringe, and hanging ties at the top of each piece of harness …
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1860 – 1875
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 47.0 cm
- Description
- An eight strand coil beaded loop necklace, white beads wound around leather strands, with brass and wooden beads at the nadir of each strand. Two pieces of harness leather at each end with the strand leathers brought through them to form fringe, and hanging ties at the top of each piece of harness leather. Ties would tie immediately behind neck. A brass necklace with pony beads in a traditional men’s design. During Treaty times the Stoney were enamoured with brass and would barter for it for decorative purposes.*custom made plexi glass display in bottom of box
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0074
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- Date
- 1885 – 1910
- Material
- hide, caribou; fibre; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0011
- Description
- A purse made of a soft caribou hide pouch topped with black velvet. The hide is embroidered in silk with a bouquet of flowers and an inscription “Mrs. J. Brewster” and “Winnipeg Man”.
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1910
- Material
- hide, caribou; fibre; fabric
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A purse made of a soft caribou hide pouch topped with black velvet. The hide is embroidered in silk with a bouquet of flowers and an inscription “Mrs. J. Brewster” and “Winnipeg Man”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0011
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- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1066
- Description
- lightly beaded and fringed, long sleeve pullover shirt, front placket and 2 breast pockets beaded in an open floral design, green,light blue, red, blue colours, fringes ca 15.0 x 5.5 sewn above pockets, 2 rows of fringes sewn on back across shoulders, bottom edges picked, hand sewn with black threa…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 72.5 cm
- Description
- lightly beaded and fringed, long sleeve pullover shirt, front placket and 2 breast pockets beaded in an open floral design, green,light blue, red, blue colours, fringes ca 15.0 x 5.5 sewn above pockets, 2 rows of fringes sewn on back across shoulders, bottom edges picked, hand sewn with black thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- L.S. Crosby
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1066
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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, elk; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; feather; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0008
- Description
- A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, elk; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; feather; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 55.0 (shoulders) x 70.0 cm
- Description
- A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the shirt, and connected at the bottom with another beaded panel. The back of the shirt has a square beadwork patch surrounded with fringe between the shoulders.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0008
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- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0009
- Description
- A child's deerskin shirt with a front opening. The shirt has fringe along the yoke at the back, and extending down the sleeves and sides of the shirt. There are two breast pockets, and each one has a different flower motif, each done with beads. There are beaded flowers next to the fringe along …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1895 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 37.0 (shoulders) x 47.0 cm
- Description
- A child's deerskin shirt with a front opening. The shirt has fringe along the yoke at the back, and extending down the sleeves and sides of the shirt. There are two breast pockets, and each one has a different flower motif, each done with beads. There are beaded flowers next to the fringe along the length of the sleeves.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0009
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1023
- Description
- Morning coat length bead-adorned shirt, fringed, notched collar with thongs, slits from bottom to armpits with thong ties, notched bottom edge and sleeves, bead pattern, white background, open geometric design with triangles, diamonds, and crosses of red, mauve and green, strips on sleeves from bre…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- Morning coat length bead-adorned shirt, fringed, notched collar with thongs, slits from bottom to armpits with thong ties, notched bottom edge and sleeves, bead pattern, white background, open geometric design with triangles, diamonds, and crosses of red, mauve and green, strips on sleeves from breast over shoulder to lower back (canvas backed), fringes on ends, buckskin backed swatches, solarplexus, back (fringed).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1023
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Dimensions
- 52.5 x 81.8 cm
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin fringes on edges, strips on sleeves and from breast across shoulder to lower back, sleeves cuffed with notched edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- clothing
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
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- Date
- prior to 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1040 a,b
- Description
- Pair bead strips, red and white triangles on blue background, background light blue, 4 rows of medium blue beads trim one end and one side, 6 red and white triangles ca 10.2 x 4.0 along other edge, a single row of medium blue beads outline the tops of the triangles, canvas backing. a: 63.2 x 6.5 b…
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- Title
- Beaded Strips
- Date
- prior to 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 63.2 cm
- Description
- Pair bead strips, red and white triangles on blue background, background light blue, 4 rows of medium blue beads trim one end and one side, 6 red and white triangles ca 10.2 x 4.0 along other edge, a single row of medium blue beads outline the tops of the triangles, canvas backing. a: 63.2 x 6.5 b: 62.2 x 6.5
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1040 a,b
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
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- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0029
- Description
- A strip of beadwork sewn together in rows completely covering a hide strip. The design features a medium blue background with a yellow square in the middle, outlined with dark blue, and three long pointed shapes at either side. A small red square at the centre of the yellow square is surrounded by…
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- A strip of beadwork sewn together in rows completely covering a hide strip. The design features a medium blue background with a yellow square in the middle, outlined with dark blue, and three long pointed shapes at either side. A small red square at the centre of the yellow square is surrounded by four green squares and then eight dark blue squares. One end of the strip has a white and dark blue scalloped band.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0029
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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The en…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 55.0 (includes 9.0 cm fringe) cm
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The entire vest is beaded with a light blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1132
- Description
- Back of vest is a simply cut piece of buckskin, attached at shoulders to beaded covered canvas. Background is solid white. Five leaves, green with red lines and a pink and black core is the base for a long stemmed red and black flower and two yellow and black flowers. Above this is a six-pointed f…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 64.0 cm
- Description
- Back of vest is a simply cut piece of buckskin, attached at shoulders to beaded covered canvas. Background is solid white. Five leaves, green with red lines and a pink and black core is the base for a long stemmed red and black flower and two yellow and black flowers. Above this is a six-pointed flower, pink with blue. Both sides of the vest are identical.
- Subject
- clothing
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Oswald Treutler, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1132
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.4 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at the top. Rolled border of orange glass beads along top and inside edge of cuff. Beaded panel on back of hand has been separately worked on a piece of buckskin then sewn to glove to completely cover back of hand. White background with small blue and yellow flower and green leaves rising from pink, red and orange blossom like knot at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; beads; fibre, wool
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.1006
- Description
- White buckskin, decorated with beads and wool. One piece, folded and sewn, tapers from 17.8 at opening to 5.5 at bottom, red velvet edge ca 0.8 wide (very worn) red wool ca 1.0 wide runs full length along seam. 2 black velvet beaded strips ca 7.0 wide around case 16.0 and 40.0 from top. Open floral…
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- Title
- Gun Case
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; beads; fibre, wool
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 135.5 cm
- Description
- White buckskin, decorated with beads and wool. One piece, folded and sewn, tapers from 17.8 at opening to 5.5 at bottom, red velvet edge ca 0.8 wide (very worn) red wool ca 1.0 wide runs full length along seam. 2 black velvet beaded strips ca 7.0 wide around case 16.0 and 40.0 from top. Open floral design trimmed with 2 rows white beads, velvet worn. Fringes ca 13.0 x 0.8 sewn along top edge of beadwork, grey and red wool string ca 7.0 long, bound by thin strips of rawhide are in pairs down the seam ca 7.0 apart. 14.0 long fringes or bottom, 2 of which are 2.3 wide and have scalloped edges.Re: Chris Bashford’s description and evaluation December 23, 1986: An Athabascan fringed, hide gun scabbard with two bands of multi-coloured floral beading on a black velvet backing, a strip of red stroud cloth with wool tassels running along its length down one side.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Athabascan
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.1006
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- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0224 a,b
- Description
- Two long rectangular carrying cases made of rawhide (parfleche). The sides of each case fold into the centre and tie closed in three places with leather thongs. The bags are decorated with three rows of geometric designs that are painted in blue, green and red along the length of each bag.
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- Title
- Parfleche
- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- Two long rectangular carrying cases made of rawhide (parfleche). The sides of each case fold into the centre and tie closed in three places with leather thongs. The bags are decorated with three rows of geometric designs that are painted in blue, green and red along the length of each bag.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Western Plateau
- households
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0224 a,b
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