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- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; shell, cowrie
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0006
- Description
- A girl's deerskin dress fringed at the bottom of sleeves and at the hem. The dress is decorated with widely spaced horizontal rows of cowrie shells across the yoke and extending half way down the sleeves. There is a single row of shells at the hem.
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; shell, cowrie
- Dimensions
- 87.0 (shoulders) x 100.0 cm
- Description
- A girl's deerskin dress fringed at the bottom of sleeves and at the hem. The dress is decorated with widely spaced horizontal rows of cowrie shells across the yoke and extending half way down the sleeves. There is a single row of shells at the hem.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0006
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0088
- Description
- A woman's dress of light buckskin with a very heavily beaded yoke of beaded canvas sewn at the waist to the buckskin skirt. The arms are similarly all heavily beaded canvas. Fringed skirt, also fringed at side seams and along waistline, tunic portion is open. White ground of beads is decorated with…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 128.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's dress of light buckskin with a very heavily beaded yoke of beaded canvas sewn at the waist to the buckskin skirt. The arms are similarly all heavily beaded canvas. Fringed skirt, also fringed at side seams and along waistline, tunic portion is open. White ground of beads is decorated with central squares of gold, blue and red and stepped square diagonals ray out from it, stepped square diamonds on either side. Yoke and shoulders decorated with vermilion and green squares. Skirt has thong fringes hanging from leather rosettes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0088
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- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; metal; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1113
- Description
- Ladies buckskin beaded dress. Fringe all around bottom and a row half way down the skirt. V-shaped inset at sides of skirt is fringed. Back beaded yoke is 31.0x48.0, all beadwork is backed by heavy cotton. Short sleeves have fringe at end, some with black beads. Beadstrip is 42.0x16.0 attac…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; metal; shell
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 124.0 cm
- Description
- Ladies buckskin beaded dress. Fringe all around bottom and a row half way down the skirt. V-shaped inset at sides of skirt is fringed. Back beaded yoke is 31.0x48.0, all beadwork is backed by heavy cotton. Short sleeves have fringe at end, some with black beads. Beadstrip is 42.0x16.0 attached to bodice, open under arms. Two stepped pyramids of red, green, yellow and blue on a white background, 3 blue standards with crosses at top between pyramids. Front yoke blue and yellow beaded bands top and bottom, white background , centre design of 2 irregular shapes in red, green and yellow, flanking them are two stepped diamond shapes in red, blue and yellow, flanking them on both sides of yoke are red chained rectangles. Hanging from bottom of yoke are 11.0 long are green tubular beads from which hang either a bell or a shell. Back yoke is same except the centre design has 4 shapes and bands at top and bottom are different, bottom band is green and white, top is green, white and yellow and there are no shells, just bells hanging.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Whyte Kapteyn, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1113
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1156 a,b
- Description
- Skin dress with beaded bodice and sleeves. Beadwork geometric design in red, white, dark blue, light blue and yellow. Skin fringe below bodice and along bottom of dress. Matching beaded belt with skin tabs and ties.
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 84.0 cm
- Description
- Skin dress with beaded bodice and sleeves. Beadwork geometric design in red, white, dark blue, light blue and yellow. Skin fringe below bodice and along bottom of dress. Matching beaded belt with skin tabs and ties.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1156 a,b
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Beaded Headband
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1010
- Description
- White beaded tiara with orange star and bluebird, band comes to high point at front, single large contour-beaded orange star outlined in brass beads, orange diamond shapes in series around band. A separate beaded blue eagle with yellow head tacked to band on right side extends above and below band;…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- White beaded tiara with orange star and bluebird, band comes to high point at front, single large contour-beaded orange star outlined in brass beads, orange diamond shapes in series around band. A separate beaded blue eagle with yellow head tacked to band on right side extends above and below band; The tiara is beaded on canvas, eagle on buckskin, machine stitiching on canvas.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- accessories
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1010
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Beaded Headstall
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3045
- Description
- Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diam…
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- Title
- Beaded Headstall
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diamonds; blue, white, red and silver six-pointed stars; and blue, white red and yellow flowers on medallions.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals, horses
- crafts
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3045
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Beaded Headstall
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3046
- Description
- Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and ora…
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- Title
- Beaded Headstall
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and orange crosses; and blue and orange crosses. A diamond-shaped patch, with a rounded red and green cross, hangs from the centre of the headband. The ends of the long strip have hide medallions and thong ties.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- animals, horses
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3046
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- Date
- 1945 – 1946
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1159
- Description
- Beaded women’s buckskin jacket with button front and front hip pockets. Fringe across chest and back, along sleeves, bottom of jacket and around edge of pockets. Buttons are hide covered. Floral beadwork on front and back yoke and pockets in blue, green, pink, yellow and red.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1945 – 1946
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 79.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded women’s buckskin jacket with button front and front hip pockets. Fringe across chest and back, along sleeves, bottom of jacket and around edge of pockets. Buttons are hide covered. Floral beadwork on front and back yoke and pockets in blue, green, pink, yellow and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Newell, Qualicum Beach, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1159
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- Date
- 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1177
- Description
- An adult’s beaded buckskin jacket with leather tie front closing; appears to be Stoney beadwork; all beadwork done in the lazy stitch. Blue, green, and ochre beads, stitched in rows on breast front, beading of and blue and ochre on the shoulders and around the armholes, a rounded chevron-shaped des…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 65.0cm cm
- Description
- An adult’s beaded buckskin jacket with leather tie front closing; appears to be Stoney beadwork; all beadwork done in the lazy stitch. Blue, green, and ochre beads, stitched in rows on breast front, beading of and blue and ochre on the shoulders and around the armholes, a rounded chevron-shaped design (five rows) of alternating dark and light blue beads on the back ending with two light blue, dark blue and ochre, tails. The beadwork from the bottom rounded chevron-shaped pattern extends to the shoulders and down the arms meeting with two separate rows (of two) of blue and ochre beads. The cuffs and bottom of the jacket have cutouts on wide fringes and also have the regular narrow fringes. There are fringes around the armholes, down the sleeves and around the v-shaped beadwork design on the back. The jacket has no collar but has a strip of pinked thin leather sewn down, ending in a cutout beaded flap (13.0cm long) which is sewn on so that it hangs down like a small necktie when the jacket is closed. The jacket has ochre spots on the front and back and yellow spots on the sleeves. Measurement 148.0cm, across chest.
- Credit
- Gift of Eric C. Sharpless, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1177
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- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- skin, moose; hair, beaver; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1019
- Description
- Fur trimmed, straight-cut, beaded jacket with beaded cuffs, woodland floral designs in brown/white/blue/green, beaded yoke, front panels and pocket flaps, buckskin fringe at shoulders and back, beaver fur outlines all beaded areas and bottom edge.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- skin, moose; hair, beaver; glass
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- Fur trimmed, straight-cut, beaded jacket with beaded cuffs, woodland floral designs in brown/white/blue/green, beaded yoke, front panels and pocket flaps, buckskin fringe at shoulders and back, beaver fur outlines all beaded areas and bottom edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Wrig Burles, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1019
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1051 a,b
- Description
- white buckskin with rosettes, Phil Moore's (a) single piece of hide (ca 80.0 x 80.0), irregular shape, 3 rosettes, 2 mainly green, other blue, white, red, with 2 buckskin thongs ca 27.0 long from centre of each, thongs laced through edges for ties, (b) 2 piece construction (ca 72.0x76.0) same as (a…
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Description
- white buckskin with rosettes, Phil Moore's (a) single piece of hide (ca 80.0 x 80.0), irregular shape, 3 rosettes, 2 mainly green, other blue, white, red, with 2 buckskin thongs ca 27.0 long from centre of each, thongs laced through edges for ties, (b) 2 piece construction (ca 72.0x76.0) same as (a).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- Philip Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1051 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0091 a,b
- Description
- A pair of white buckskin leggings, heavily beaded in wide cuff at the bottom extending to knees, stitched together at sides to form tube with wide buckskin flap above beadwork and fringe on side of beadwork. Cuff completely beaded all around on canvas, trimmed with brown velvet edge at bottom sewn …
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of white buckskin leggings, heavily beaded in wide cuff at the bottom extending to knees, stitched together at sides to form tube with wide buckskin flap above beadwork and fringe on side of beadwork. Cuff completely beaded all around on canvas, trimmed with brown velvet edge at bottom sewn to red woolen strip inside. White background with twelve blue and red magnet like figures with horns at the top, placed in four rows of three figures each. Double, blue and orange stepped chevrons at top and bottom of cuff after first set of figures, and before last set. Wide buckskin strap at top of each legging for fastening to belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Mark Poucette
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0091 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1040 a,b
- Description
- Pair child's smoked skin moccasins, one piece construction with added fold over ankle flap, serrated edges, skin thong laced through flap to tighten, simple beaded floral design on vamp, 3 red leaves outlined with white and white stem.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 8.0 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Pair child's smoked skin moccasins, one piece construction with added fold over ankle flap, serrated edges, skin thong laced through flap to tighten, simple beaded floral design on vamp, 3 red leaves outlined with white and white stem.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1040 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1915 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1001 a,b
- Description
- Uppers beaded light blue with red and white border, diagonal stripes around edge of sole, red, white and blue checked diamond, yellow centre on toe, short white buckskin ankle flap with notched edges, short rounded tongue, short lace tie on (b) inside faced with light blue and greenstriped fabric u…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1915 – 1945
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 12.5 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Uppers beaded light blue with red and white border, diagonal stripes around edge of sole, red, white and blue checked diamond, yellow centre on toe, short white buckskin ankle flap with notched edges, short rounded tongue, short lace tie on (b) inside faced with light blue and greenstriped fabric under beadwork.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Mark Lefthand
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1001 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1032 a,b
- Description
- Woman's moccasin, low with open floral design, 1-piece construction, sewn together at outside edge and centre back, (b) has pull tab 5.2 cm sewn onto heel top, open floral design in red,green, blue,yellow, brown on vamp and around sides, beaded piping around shoe opening and tongue in red, yellow, …
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 9.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- Woman's moccasin, low with open floral design, 1-piece construction, sewn together at outside edge and centre back, (b) has pull tab 5.2 cm sewn onto heel top, open floral design in red,green, blue,yellow, brown on vamp and around sides, beaded piping around shoe opening and tongue in red, yellow, border below piping in red and green.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Barbara Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara C. Whyte, Medicine Hat, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1032 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0006 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a soft inner cuff and a seam around the sole. An ankle flap is beaded around edges and has a thong for tying. The uppers are completely beaded with a light blue background and a design of dark blue, red, and yellow.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a soft inner cuff and a seam around the sole. An ankle flap is beaded around edges and has a thong for tying. The uppers are completely beaded with a light blue background and a design of dark blue, red, and yellow.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0006 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Cree
- decorative
- needlework
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0013 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins made to the shape of a foot with a seam around the sole. The scalloped ankle flap has leather thong ties. Beadwork on the toe is in the shape of a four sided star. Beadwork at the scalloped edge of the ankle flap is orange, blue, and green.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins made to the shape of a foot with a seam around the sole. The scalloped ankle flap has leather thong ties. Beadwork on the toe is in the shape of a four sided star. Beadwork at the scalloped edge of the ankle flap is orange, blue, and green.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0013 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0017 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft soled deerskin moccasins that tie with leather thongs at the ankle flap. Beadwork on the toe depicts two simple flowers and a border of beadwork following the line of the vamp.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft soled deerskin moccasins that tie with leather thongs at the ankle flap. Beadwork on the toe depicts two simple flowers and a border of beadwork following the line of the vamp.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0017 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0018 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins of ankle height with a small ankle flap. A small tongue edged with beads hangs out loosely at the front. Beadwork on the toe is a pattern of squares with three smaller squares running off at diagonal from each corner of a larger square. The colours of the beadwork a…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins of ankle height with a small ankle flap. A small tongue edged with beads hangs out loosely at the front. Beadwork on the toe is a pattern of squares with three smaller squares running off at diagonal from each corner of a larger square. The colours of the beadwork are white transparent, yellow and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0018 a,b
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