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- Date
- prior to 1967
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1003
- Description
- An oblong shaped axe head, pointed on both ends, dark grey, dimpled stone, slightly flattened, groove around middle of the stone for securing the missing handle.
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- Title
- Ax Head
- Date
- prior to 1967
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 6.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- An oblong shaped axe head, pointed on both ends, dark grey, dimpled stone, slightly flattened, groove around middle of the stone for securing the missing handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Tom Simeon
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Simeon, Morley, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1003
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3018 a,b
- Description
- Matching beadstrips, one armband (a) and one belt (b). Red and white beaded scalloped borders, white background with red, green, blue and gold designs, separated with band of red, green, blue and gold stepped design. Belt (92.0x5.5 wide), same design with beaded buckle of red, green, blue and go…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.5 (a,b) x 28.0 (a); 92.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Matching beadstrips, one armband (a) and one belt (b). Red and white beaded scalloped borders, white background with red, green, blue and gold designs, separated with band of red, green, blue and gold stepped design. Belt (92.0x5.5 wide), same design with beaded buckle of red, green, blue and gold diamond shapes with a red border. Dark red fibre backing. Buckskin thongs on ends. Tag: "Oct 18 1972 pounded by Carl Simeon not old" CRW writing, and on back "Loom beaded ca 1950 poss. Blkft."
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Carl Simeon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3018 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0231
- Description
- A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white l…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white leaves curves from each side of the flower to red flowers outlined in white with blue centres at each upper corner. Red stem of main flower splits at ground to hold a white bud outlined in red at the lower corners. A narrow band of white and ochre bars follows the bottom contour of the purse. Top edge of purse has white notched buckskin trim with a buttonhole cut through at the middle, and a corresponding blue button sewn to the back for closing. Short buckskin strap with fringes cut into one side extends halfway down the right side of the purse to where the white buckskin fringe takes over.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0231
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0265
- Description
- A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond o…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond on either side, outlined with blue squares, then black ones, are adjacent to the yellow triangles. Left side of beaded panel has red border, right side has blue border. Flap has notched edge at its rounded bottom, and slit buttonhole at centre to fasten purse (button missing) strap handle seamed at middle where two pieces were joined.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0265
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- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and white crosses and two black chevrons, at the centre with white and black chevrons pointing toward the hexagon. Each corner of the beadwork has a green and white cross. Handsewn with thread, not sinew
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
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- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Peigan
- Blackfoot
- regalia
- decorative
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0068
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centr…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 100.0 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centre. Long edges have light blue border of diagonal beading.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0068
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 100.0 cm
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
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- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0110
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1945 – 1965
- Material
- fibre; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0110
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3021
- Description
- Belt has white beaded background with red designs in shape of a person. Buckskin thongs on ends. Two bead strips (12.0 cm wide) of same design hang from belt and have long (37.0 cm) buckskin fringes.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 88.0 cm
- Description
- Belt has white beaded background with red designs in shape of a person. Buckskin thongs on ends. Two bead strips (12.0 cm wide) of same design hang from belt and have long (37.0 cm) buckskin fringes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- dance
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3021
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Beaded Breastplate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0020
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Des…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Design is dark blue ground bordered by light blue beads and on the blue ground double ended arrows in light blue, bordered by orange emanating from double diamonds in orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1025
- Description
- Beaded breast piece, blue red dominant colours. Side panels 68.0x7.0, light blue background beads, diagonal stripes of red, green, white and brown, Fringed on bottom. Top has attached piece 16.0 long with attached rawhide tie. Centre piece 28.5x22.0, darker blue background, symmetrical flower d…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Description
- Beaded breast piece, blue red dominant colours. Side panels 68.0x7.0, light blue background beads, diagonal stripes of red, green, white and brown, Fringed on bottom. Top has attached piece 16.0 long with attached rawhide tie. Centre piece 28.5x22.0, darker blue background, symmetrical flower design, red with green stems and leaves, white border. Brass balls and bells on rawhide string. Fringes 25.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- horse
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1025
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Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1043
- Description
- Light coloured beadwork, front and strips. In shape of an "H", side pieces 79.5 x 8.5, white background beads, green next dominant colour, blue, red and gold. Bottom pattern has 3 red crosses, fringed ends, rawhide ties at top. Sioux legging strips. Centre piece, 21.0 x 23.5, front piece of Cr…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Light coloured beadwork, front and strips. In shape of an "H", side pieces 79.5 x 8.5, white background beads, green next dominant colour, blue, red and gold. Bottom pattern has 3 red crosses, fringed ends, rawhide ties at top. Sioux legging strips. Centre piece, 21.0 x 23.5, front piece of Crow gun case, dominant colours, rose, light blue, yellow, green, blue and white border. Rawhide fringes 29.0 long.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1043
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0076
- Description
- A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the …
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the "cravat" is fringed in white and red beads. Collar closes by button and button loop of buckskin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Beatrice Poucette
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0076
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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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