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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0014
- Description
- Large round shallow hand drum of thick rawhide stretched over wooden hoop. Rawhide nailed to bottom of hoop along perimeter with nails approximately 1.5 cm apart. Hide is trimmed at edge of hoop with four long strips of the hide evenly spaced around edge extending toward centre of back of drum and …
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Large round shallow hand drum of thick rawhide stretched over wooden hoop. Rawhide nailed to bottom of hoop along perimeter with nails approximately 1.5 cm apart. Hide is trimmed at edge of hoop with four long strips of the hide evenly spaced around edge extending toward centre of back of drum and pulled tightly across centre with thick twisted cord. Skin has been sewn together with sinew along one side of hoop frame extending 6 cm into face of drum. Drum skin has been stained red with large grey owl with yellow wings and red features sitting at centre.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- animal
- bird
- owl
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0014
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0015
- Description
- Shallow square hand drum made of hide stretched over thick wooden frame and nailed to bottom of frame along edges with leather thongs from corner to corner of hide and crossing in middle of back of drum where it is bound around tightly. Hide is carefully seamed across centre of drum face and sewn t…
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 31.0 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Shallow square hand drum made of hide stretched over thick wooden frame and nailed to bottom of frame along edges with leather thongs from corner to corner of hide and crossing in middle of back of drum where it is bound around tightly. Hide is carefully seamed across centre of drum face and sewn to fit around corners with sinew, hide has rough texture.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0015
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3002
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly around a bent slat of wood. There is a faint red star, four points and other writing on face. Tag CRW's writing: "Allen Dixon brought this his grandfather's."
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 29.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly around a bent slat of wood. There is a faint red star, four points and other writing on face. Tag CRW's writing: "Allen Dixon brought this his grandfather's."
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- music
- dancing
- pow wow
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3002
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- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 8.4 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins each side, interior of lid carved with curling hunting horn and "260" carved below it.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- Russia
- Ulysse LaCasse
- Credit
- Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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