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Double-Barrel Shotgun
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- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatch…
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- Title
- Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 6.0 x 118.0 cm
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatching decorates stock near breech and hand grip beneath. Steel breech and hammers ornately etched with floral design and 'W. Richards'. Carved wooden (plastic?) medallion screwed to small truncated projection on underside of stock. Marks: “16” carved into each side of buttstock; “W. Richards” engraved on each side in front of hammers; “2707” and “__0T0B” stamped into metal between barrels on undersideNote: trigger guard broken off; buttstock loose and held to breech with black electrician's tape; gouges on underside of buttstock and on underside of forestock.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Indigenous
- Israel Rolling Mud
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
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- Date
- 1877
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1032
- Description
- Royal blue background, Union Jack in top left corner 72.5x56.0, lower right 69.0x59.0 circular emblem. Top is a crown, laurel leaf with bow at bottom surrounds a shield shape with 10 panels. Left side: red cross on white background, 3 leaf clover, white on green, 2 thistles, fish, 1 thistle. Rig…
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- Title
- Flag
- Date
- 1877
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Dimensions
- 110.0 x 160.0 cm
- Description
- Royal blue background, Union Jack in top left corner 72.5x56.0, lower right 69.0x59.0 circular emblem. Top is a crown, laurel leaf with bow at bottom surrounds a shield shape with 10 panels. Left side: red cross on white background, 3 leaf clover, white on green, 2 thistles, fish, 1 thistle. Right side: 2 blue stylized sheafs of grain, lion, 3 leaf clover, green on white, sailing ship. Flag appears to be hand screened with some hand in-painting. Rope cord through sewn hem.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- government
- Treaty No. 7
- Tom Wesley
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1032
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Gathering Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar s…
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- Title
- Gathering Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 30.0 x 36.2 cm
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar strips. Six rawhide loops at top pass through weaving of basket and are tied on inside with another rawhide loop near the bottom on one side of basket. Small rawhide thong tied in loop through rim on one side. Interior of basket undecorated. Rim broken in five places, one rawhide loop broken.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.4 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at the top. Rolled border of orange glass beads along top and inside edge of cuff. Beaded panel on back of hand has been separately worked on a piece of buckskin then sewn to glove to completely cover back of hand. White background with small blue and yellow flower and green leaves rising from pink, red and orange blossom like knot at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
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- Date
- c. 1877
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1031
- Description
- HBC flag, red wool ground with white letters of HBC on lower left corner and Union Jack on top left. Linen casing on left side with a cord inserted and two leather thongs on top of flag.
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- Title
- Hbc Flag
- Date
- c. 1877
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 78.7 x 167.6 cm
- Description
- HBC flag, red wool ground with white letters of HBC on lower left corner and Union Jack on top left. Linen casing on left side with a cord inserted and two leather thongs on top of flag.
- Credit
- Purchased from William Goodstoney, Morley, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1031
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 6.4 x 10.1 cm
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
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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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- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0224 a,b
- Description
- Two long rectangular carrying cases made of rawhide (parfleche). The sides of each case fold into the centre and tie closed in three places with leather thongs. The bags are decorated with three rows of geometric designs that are painted in blue, green and red along the length of each bag.
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- Title
- Parfleche
- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- Two long rectangular carrying cases made of rawhide (parfleche). The sides of each case fold into the centre and tie closed in three places with leather thongs. The bags are decorated with three rows of geometric designs that are painted in blue, green and red along the length of each bag.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Western Plateau
- households
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0224 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- quill; skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1037 a,b
- Description
- Blue ground, red yellow triangular designs (a) 45.5 x 7.0 typical zigzag quillwork ca 6.0 wide rows, on buckskin with canvas backing, blue ground with an asymmetrical design of red yellow brown triangles (b) 88.0 x 6.5 same as (a) except 2 sets of design with 3 rows of red/yellow in checkerboard.
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- Title
- Quill Strips
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- quill; skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- Blue ground, red yellow triangular designs (a) 45.5 x 7.0 typical zigzag quillwork ca 6.0 wide rows, on buckskin with canvas backing, blue ground with an asymmetrical design of red yellow brown triangles (b) 88.0 x 6.5 same as (a) except 2 sets of design with 3 rows of red/yellow in checkerboard.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1037 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
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- Title
- Shotput
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- pastime
- activities
- sports
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 14.4 x 19.1 cm
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alterna…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 17.0 x 20.8 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alternating light colour with black. Note: 50% of looped top missing, and just about all of single top band above it missing. Marks: sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0108
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0108
- Description
- A large shallow basket with flat bottom and sides flaring outward. Coiled construction with stitches of split root around each coil stitched into the top of the coil below. Natural coloured background with imbricated design of wide dark parallograms forming 'V's sitting on a single band of dark coi…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 34.2 cm
- Description
- A large shallow basket with flat bottom and sides flaring outward. Coiled construction with stitches of split root around each coil stitched into the top of the coil below. Natural coloured background with imbricated design of wide dark parallograms forming 'V's sitting on a single band of dark coil, and joined each to the other at the top with a dark bar with oblique lines running off topped by a small parallogram of golden brown with a single motif of golden brown between each. Sturdy but flexible, small string loop one side. Note: minor stitch breakage revealing coils beneath.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0108
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in cen…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.2 x 18.0 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in centre below imbricated bands at bottom on each side. Suspended by four pieces at twisted cotton ? twine knotted through stitching at each corner, approx. 18 cm. and knotted together at top. Note: bark wrapping top broken in seven places. Marks: paper sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian/British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base …
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 31.5 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base is inset with basket resting on slight foot. Imbricated design on front and back consists of a large square worked in black bark with perpendicular lines out from each side, this outlined with white, and then with red bark. The design is repeated in outline with interrupted stitches on lid, each end of the basket contains the outline with interrupted stitches on the lid. Each end of the basket contains the outline of a large diamond shape in black, white and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0003
- Description
- Tightly woven rug with multi-coloured geometric step designs and fringed ends. The dominant colour of this piece is burgundy. The style of this rug is reminiscent of Navajo work, however the slits created by changing colours have been left open, not closed as in Navajo work.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 151.0 x 251.0 cm
- Description
- Tightly woven rug with multi-coloured geometric step designs and fringed ends. The dominant colour of this piece is burgundy. The style of this rug is reminiscent of Navajo work, however the slits created by changing colours have been left open, not closed as in Navajo work.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Indigenous
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0003
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Trailing Headdress
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- Date
- ca. 1880 – 1950
- Material
- eagle feathers; fibre; hair; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3029
- Description
- Narrow beaded headband of blue with yellow squares outlined in orange. Medallions, each beaded differently, with leather streamers and ermine skins at each end of browband. Dark golden eagle feathers, white horsehair tips, down at base. Train of green and purple fabric.
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- Title
- Trailing Headdress
- Date
- ca. 1880 – 1950
- Material
- eagle feathers; fibre; hair; skin; glass
- Description
- Narrow beaded headband of blue with yellow squares outlined in orange. Medallions, each beaded differently, with leather streamers and ermine skins at each end of browband. Dark golden eagle feathers, white horsehair tips, down at base. Train of green and purple fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3029
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War Bonnet Headdress
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horseha…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horsehair, and cropped horsehair attached to each end of browband. Base of feathers wrapped with strips of old English blanket and heavy white thread. Bits of ermine skin and tails and white lace attached to scullcap made from brown felt hat.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
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