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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0123 a,b
- Description
- Two matching wooden bookcases painted brown. Three shelves, each 25 cm. apart. Masonite backs, curved apron piece on bottom. Top piece overhangs front and sides by about 1 cm.
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- Title
- Bookcase
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 92.0 x 20.0 x 42.5 cm
- Description
- Two matching wooden bookcases painted brown. Three shelves, each 25 cm. apart. Masonite backs, curved apron piece on bottom. Top piece overhangs front and sides by about 1 cm.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0123 a,b
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- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of…
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 12.2 x 18.9 cm
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of wood 4.5 cm high which has been bevelled along the upper edges. Bases covered on bottom with green felt.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1953
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1093
- Description
- Three boot nails with squared shafts and odd-shaped heads.
- Title
- Boot Nail
- Date
- 1950 – 1953
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Three boot nails with squared shafts and odd-shaped heads.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Mary Fallis
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Mary M. Fallis, Prince George, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1093
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- Date
- 1860 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1039 a,b
- Description
- Pair of white baby bootees, ankle high, fancy knit at top. Red pattern over foot and knitted band at ankle with thin satin ribbon laced through.
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- Title
- Bootees
- Date
- 1860 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Pair of white baby bootees, ankle high, fancy knit at top. Red pattern over foot and knitted band at ankle with thin satin ribbon laced through.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- children
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1039 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.1002
- Description
- Squat copper bottle with small neck and opening.
- Title
- Bottle
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Squat copper bottle with small neck and opening.
- Subject
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.1002
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
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- Title
- Bow
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 113.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade bow of peeled, bent wood with a carved notch at one end. A sinew bowstring is looped around the notch and wrapped around the opposite end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3004
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0338
- Description
- Die-moulded copper bowl with turquoise and blue interior, ridged relief on bowl walls.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 14.7 cm
- Description
- Die-moulded copper bowl with turquoise and blue interior, ridged relief on bowl walls.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0338
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0389
- Description
- Hand thrown, footed shallow bowl with copper (turquoise) slip and dark brown snowflake pattern inside bowl.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 11.9 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, footed shallow bowl with copper (turquoise) slip and dark brown snowflake pattern inside bowl.
- Subject
- households
- craft
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0389
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0745
- Description
- Shallow, flat based aluminum bowl for camping with rolledd rim and "A.B." scratched in base twice.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Shallow, flat based aluminum bowl for camping with rolledd rim and "A.B." scratched in base twice.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0745
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0750 a-c
- Description
- Deep, slope sided, flat based aluminum bowls with rolled rims. Stamped on bottom "No. 891 Wear-ever N.A. Co. Ltd. Aluminum Trade Mark, Mf'd. Toronto, Canada" with four star circle logo.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Deep, slope sided, flat based aluminum bowls with rolled rims. Stamped on bottom "No. 891 Wear-ever N.A. Co. Ltd. Aluminum Trade Mark, Mf'd. Toronto, Canada" with four star circle logo.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0750 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1073
- Description
- Small enamel bowl with two lead plugs.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.0 cm
- Description
- Small enamel bowl with two lead plugs.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1073
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0421 a-h
- Description
- All red, footed, deep soup bowls with matching lids having circular, ridged handles.
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- Title
- Bowl Set
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- All red, footed, deep soup bowls with matching lids having circular, ridged handles.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0421 a-h
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Box Grand Piano
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- Date
- 1860 – 1865
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1002
- Description
- A box grand piano with ornately carved spiral legs. A hinged lid covers the keyboard and the upright box holds the hammers and wires. “Henry F. Miller Boston” is written in gold lettering on the folding lid. There is carved lattice piece that screws on to hold sheet music. The serial number “13270”…
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- Title
- Box Grand Piano
- Date
- 1860 – 1865
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal
- Dimensions
- 98. x 195. cm
- Description
- A box grand piano with ornately carved spiral legs. A hinged lid covers the keyboard and the upright box holds the hammers and wires. “Henry F. Miller Boston” is written in gold lettering on the folding lid. There is carved lattice piece that screws on to hold sheet music. The serial number “13270” is printed in black on the inside. The pedals fold for storage underneath the piano body.
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1002
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- Date
- 1860 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0059
- Description
- Small square wooden box with inlaid top. Box contains another box within concealed by separate removable side panels on all four sides. Inlay pattern is a series of horizontal strips of dark, light and black woods. The horizontals are interrupted by two rectangles. Upper triangle, 6.4 x 2.5 cm.…
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- Title
- Box Puzzle
- Date
- 1860 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Small square wooden box with inlaid top. Box contains another box within concealed by separate removable side panels on all four sides. Inlay pattern is a series of horizontal strips of dark, light and black woods. The horizontals are interrupted by two rectangles. Upper triangle, 6.4 x 2.5 cm. is inlaid with thin strips of black set diagonally in both directions. The lower triangle, 3.5 x 3.0 cm, is inlaid with twelve light and black wood triangles. A narrow vertical rectangle, 3.2 x .9 cm. of light wood interrupted by thin horizontal strips of black is set to the left of the lower triangle. The four corner support posts are attached to base by small wooden pegs which are visible on bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0059
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- Date
- 1950 – 1968
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0148
- Description
- A man's stainless steel expansion band. Six, narrow .3 cm expansion links alternate with a stable, square, larger 1.5 x 1.0 cm link. Textures forming design on bracelet carried around from one link to the next, line texture around middle with cross-hatching texture either side. Back of bracelet u…
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- Title
- Bracelet
- Date
- 1950 – 1968
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 5.9 x 7.3 cm
- Description
- A man's stainless steel expansion band. Six, narrow .3 cm expansion links alternate with a stable, square, larger 1.5 x 1.0 cm link. Textures forming design on bracelet carried around from one link to the next, line texture around middle with cross-hatching texture either side. Back of bracelet untextured.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0148
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- Date
- 1955 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0150
- Description
- A wide, copper wrist band with braided section down middle. Oval shaped band is open 3.5 cm long one side to fit over wrist. Solid band down each side with separate, twisted, copper braid down middle. Heavy copper cap at each end, shellac coating nearly all worn away.
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- Title
- Bracelet
- Date
- 1955 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 5.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A wide, copper wrist band with braided section down middle. Oval shaped band is open 3.5 cm long one side to fit over wrist. Solid band down each side with separate, twisted, copper braid down middle. Heavy copper cap at each end, shellac coating nearly all worn away.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0150
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3014
- Description
- Silver spoon pounded flat and bent with the bowl slightly overlapping the end of the handle. Pattern faintly visible.
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- Title
- Bracelet
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 6.8 x 7.4 cm
- Description
- Silver spoon pounded flat and bent with the bowl slightly overlapping the end of the handle. Pattern faintly visible.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3014
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- shell, cowrie; feathers; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3009
- Description
- Cowrie shells and feathers strung on a length of fishing line (originally a string). Each cowrie shell has a feather glued into the hollow of the shell and a small loop at the tip to attach each shell to a string.
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- Title
- Bracelet
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- shell, cowrie; feathers; plastic
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Cowrie shells and feathers strung on a length of fishing line (originally a string). Each cowrie shell has a feather glued into the hollow of the shell and a small loop at the tip to attach each shell to a string.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3009
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1029
- Description
- A red, hinged tin box for keeping bread fresh. It is badly dented and the paint is peeling away.
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- Title
- Bread Box
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A red, hinged tin box for keeping bread fresh. It is badly dented and the paint is peeling away.
- Subject
- households
- McCormick
- Credit
- Gift of Ken Campbell, Qualicum Beach, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1029
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1009
- Description
- Fringed white buckskin with bead outlined flowers, long fringed on bottom, on sides, two overlaid strips of buckskin with pinked inside edge, centre with red flower with large petals, geen branched stems and purple twigs above, cotton backed, two buckskin thongs, machine stitched
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- Title
- Breech Cloth
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 51.5 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Fringed white buckskin with bead outlined flowers, long fringed on bottom, on sides, two overlaid strips of buckskin with pinked inside edge, centre with red flower with large petals, geen branched stems and purple twigs above, cotton backed, two buckskin thongs, machine stitched
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1009
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