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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1105 a-d
- Description
- Two pair of child’s moccasins with fur trim around openings. Vamps of (a,b) have beaded floral design in red, green, yellow and white. Vamps of (c,d) have beaded floral design in blue, yellow and red. Each pair has a small tag that reads: “1 - JOC / 4.00”
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; hair
- Description
- Two pair of child’s moccasins with fur trim around openings. Vamps of (a,b) have beaded floral design in red, green, yellow and white. Vamps of (c,d) have beaded floral design in blue, yellow and red. Each pair has a small tag that reads: “1 - JOC / 4.00”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1105 a-d
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; shell; claw
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0068
- Description
- A simple necklace with buckskin thong ends, and alternated green and white, then blue and white, then green and yellow beads, four cowrie shells and three sharp claws interspersed in yoke. Note found with necklace: “Dan Wildman’s daughter thinks Mrs. Jonie” in Catharine Whyte’s handwriting.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; shell; claw
- Dimensions
- 73.0 cm
- Description
- A simple necklace with buckskin thong ends, and alternated green and white, then blue and white, then green and yellow beads, four cowrie shells and three sharp claws interspersed in yoke. Note found with necklace: “Dan Wildman’s daughter thinks Mrs. Jonie” in Catharine Whyte’s handwriting.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0068
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; metal; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0078
- Description
- A simple necklace, strung on a buckskin thong are brass beads and cowrie shells, the shells having been bored through. Sequence of three beads then shell, three beads, shell and so on.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; metal; shell
- Dimensions
- 83.0 cm
- Description
- A simple necklace, strung on a buckskin thong are brass beads and cowrie shells, the shells having been bored through. Sequence of three beads then shell, three beads, shell and so on.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0078
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Beaded Pendant
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with…
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- Title
- Beaded Pendant
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with transparent beads, and the shield contains alternating red and white vertical stripes with a blue field across the top containing five cross-shaped stars. A 4.5 cm fringe at bottom is formed of strands beaded with transparent beads. The pendant is buckled in area above the eagle's head.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
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- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 cm
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0357 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four small, pouch shaped reticules covered with glass beads in various delicate, floral patterns. (a) blue - band around top and circle at bottom with vertical blue lines forming panels which enclose vases of yellow flowers on a white background. Lined with white satin and a row of …
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of four small, pouch shaped reticules covered with glass beads in various delicate, floral patterns. (a) blue - band around top and circle at bottom with vertical blue lines forming panels which enclose vases of yellow flowers on a white background. Lined with white satin and a row of thread loops around the top inside to hold a double white cord drawstring with a soft crocheted ball at each end, contains bits of confetti. (b )pink, band around top and circle at bottom contain diamond shapes. Pink and blue flower baskets cover rest of purse on white background with diagonal pink stripes. Short, looped bead tassel from bottom, lining of pink, constructed as (a), with pink drawstring tied in bows each end. (c) green , overall pattern of green leaves within diamond shapes on ecru coloured, crocheted net background. Small beaded, looped tassel at bottom. Crocheted loops at top hold green cord double drawstring which is knotted at the ends. Edge of top and circle at bottom of green beads of different shades, lined with green satin. (d) white, very delicately worked large red roses around middle with small band of single roses on stems around bottom. White and green beaded tassel at bottom. 1.8 cm wide edging at top of ecru crochet forms small loops into which are threaded double drawstrings . Lined with grey satin.
- Subject
- households
- beadwork
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0357 a-d
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- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pa…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Dimensions
- 53.0 (shoulder) x 81.0 cm
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pattern of blue, yellow and red. There is a medallion of beadwork in the centre of both the front and back of the shirt, with an ermine tail hanging from the centre of each medallion.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin;glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0074
- Description
- A tan buckskin vest, lightly beaded on the front, with two short buckskin ties, and lined with beige brocaded fabric, diamond pattern, which has been patched at the bottom of the left front and at the right side seam with a plaid fabric. Lightly beaded on each front panel with three separate floral…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin;glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A tan buckskin vest, lightly beaded on the front, with two short buckskin ties, and lined with beige brocaded fabric, diamond pattern, which has been patched at the bottom of the left front and at the right side seam with a plaid fabric. Lightly beaded on each front panel with three separate floral motifs, at the bottom, a cluster of red and blue leaves outlined with white and light blue, with a single blossom with red stamens on a light blue stem from the side. In the middle, three trumpet shaped blue and white blossoms on light blue stems with leaves. At the top, a four petalled blue flower with red centre and white stem outlining red leaves. Three sets of double, stepped triangles near the front edge between each blossom and again at the shoulder.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0074
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wear…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 54.5 x 62.2 cm
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wearing a headress of black and white feathers and a blue shirt with red and yellow beadstrips.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1139
- Description
- Short vest with large armholes. Fringes at bottom, across chest and across back. On each breast a long beaded design 20.0 cm. Top flower has a yellow centre, blue petals and red outlined, a light green stem with 2 leaves below it leads into the lower flower. It has a red and yellow centre, yell…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Short vest with large armholes. Fringes at bottom, across chest and across back. On each breast a long beaded design 20.0 cm. Top flower has a yellow centre, blue petals and red outlined, a light green stem with 2 leaves below it leads into the lower flower. It has a red and yellow centre, yellow petals, blue outlined. The light green stem continues down with green leaves on bottom. The back has a central design of two blue flowers with yellow outline, green stems and leaves. Either side near shoulder the flower has a yellow centre, red petals with blue outline. Green stem and green leaves.
- Credit
- Gift of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1139
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0005
- Description
- A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently r…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 95.0 cm
- Description
- A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently red with white and dark zig-zag pattern. The flap is beaded at the end with three hair tassels.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Sioux
- beadwork
- quillwork
- animals, horses
- smoking
- Pat Brewster
- Philip Moore
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0005
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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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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, rabbit; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0014 a,b
- Description
- A pair of white deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. Each glove is trimmed with rabbit fur at the top of the gauntlet and at the wrist. The beaded pattern on each glove is a group of red cherries hanging from green branches on the back of the hand and on the gauntlet. The gloves are lined wit…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, rabbit; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of white deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. Each glove is trimmed with rabbit fur at the top of the gauntlet and at the wrist. The beaded pattern on each glove is a group of red cherries hanging from green branches on the back of the hand and on the gauntlet. The gloves are lined with pink fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0014 a,b
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0098 a,b
- Description
- A pair of high gauntleted gloves made of buckskin. Hand bodies cut from a single piece of leather and insets on fingers, machine sewn with purple thread, inset thumb. Glove back is decorated with a stylized leaf pattern in blue, vermilion and green. Deep gauntlets are of buckskin and long fringes …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of high gauntleted gloves made of buckskin. Hand bodies cut from a single piece of leather and insets on fingers, machine sewn with purple thread, inset thumb. Glove back is decorated with a stylized leaf pattern in blue, vermilion and green. Deep gauntlets are of buckskin and long fringes on the outside edges, again machine sewn with purple thread, and bearing a pattern of stylized leaves and flowers. Leaves in red with white borders and tulip like flowers in vermilion with light blue and green, all of them emerging from a clustered flower like pattern in orange, yellow, blue, and green. Lining is a pinstriped blue cotton. Top edge of gauntlets is embroidered in zigzags of rose and purple.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0098 a,b
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0103 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded buckskin gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are single piece of leather with insets at fingers and set in thumb. Gauntlets are buckskin, and fringed at outer extremities. Back of hand is decorated with single conventional blossom in red and light blue. Back of gauntlet has large me…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded buckskin gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are single piece of leather with insets at fingers and set in thumb. Gauntlets are buckskin, and fringed at outer extremities. Back of hand is decorated with single conventional blossom in red and light blue. Back of gauntlet has large medallion or rosette in orange, green, yellow, and blue with four conventionalized flowers with red and light blue leaves and centres of green, yellow, and indigo, radiating from large medallion. Lining of gauntlet is striped flannel. Some machine stitching.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0103 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3056 a,b
- Description
- Tanned buckskin, heavily beaded gauntlets of blue background edged with a band of red and white interlocking triangles and having single large yellow red and green geometric triangle motif at the centre. Three white and red geometric shapes along edge. Three yellow and purple strips on back of ha…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Tanned buckskin, heavily beaded gauntlets of blue background edged with a band of red and white interlocking triangles and having single large yellow red and green geometric triangle motif at the centre. Three white and red geometric shapes along edge. Three yellow and purple strips on back of hand. Fringes (14.0 cm long) along gauntlet and glove edge. Gauntlets lined with yellow fabric. Each gauntlet has a machine stitched outline of a flower on the plain hide surface.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3056 a,b
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1074 a,b
- Description
- Pair of soft buckskin gauntlets with fringe. Lined with cotton. Two red and white V shapes on back of hand. Gauntlet has four triangular shapes grouped together. Colours from outside are white, black, red and the centre is green. Typical Stoney beadwork.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Pair of soft buckskin gauntlets with fringe. Lined with cotton. Two red and white V shapes on back of hand. Gauntlet has four triangular shapes grouped together. Colours from outside are white, black, red and the centre is green. Typical Stoney beadwork.
- Credit
- Gift of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1074 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3021
- Description
- This is a replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Heart-shaped bag with beading on both sides and red and white bead fringe along the bottom edge. The front has a red and blue geometric pattern on a pink background. The opposite side is hide with a blue, pink and …
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- Title
- Hairbag
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 14.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- This is a replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Heart-shaped bag with beading on both sides and red and white bead fringe along the bottom edge. The front has a red and blue geometric pattern on a pink background. The opposite side is hide with a blue, pink and red diamond at centre and a blue and red edge. The bag has a necklace, a thong wrapped with white, geen and red beads, attached to the back of the bag. Tag: ”Hair bag” with “tad’y held long hair” and on reverse ”stuffed it into bag and bag tied to head at hair (?) - now tourist items”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3021
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Jacket Fragment
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1154
- Description
- Rear shoulder panel or back yoke from jacket. Floral beadwork in red, blue, green, gold, brown, white, yellow and black.
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- Title
- Jacket Fragment
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- Rear shoulder panel or back yoke from jacket. Floral beadwork in red, blue, green, gold, brown, white, yellow and black.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1154
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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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