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Animal Figurine
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0031
- Description
- A ceramic reddish-brown squirrel standing on its hind legs and holding an acorn up in its forepaws next to its face. The bottom is marked “Beatrix Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin Beswick, England 18c Copyright.”
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 8.5 cm
- Description
- A ceramic reddish-brown squirrel standing on its hind legs and holding an acorn up in its forepaws next to its face. The bottom is marked “Beatrix Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin Beswick, England 18c Copyright.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0031
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1025
- Description
- Buckskin beaded belt, red and blue knuckle bone, fringed shoulder with brown/blue bead strip, pinked sleeves, collar and shirt tail, stitched on belt below armpit, canvas back with pin/blue striped edge, triangle, diamond and geometric motifs multi-coloured, white background, knuckle bone pieces, b…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre; bone
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Buckskin beaded belt, red and blue knuckle bone, fringed shoulder with brown/blue bead strip, pinked sleeves, collar and shirt tail, stitched on belt below armpit, canvas back with pin/blue striped edge, triangle, diamond and geometric motifs multi-coloured, white background, knuckle bone pieces, blue along edge of collar, red on breast, hung from blue/white large tube bead strands.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1025
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1002
- Description
- Woven burgundy bedspread with white linear pattern, two-tone burgundy background, white pattern around edge 19.0 wide of lines1.0 apart, formed by one continuous white strand, regular pattern of 4 tufts throughout, an elongated 9 point star is in centre of spread, diamond shape in middle of it, 4 f…
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- Title
- Bedspread
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 201.0 x 255.0 cm
- Description
- Woven burgundy bedspread with white linear pattern, two-tone burgundy background, white pattern around edge 19.0 wide of lines1.0 apart, formed by one continuous white strand, regular pattern of 4 tufts throughout, an elongated 9 point star is in centre of spread, diamond shape in middle of it, 4 female figures above and below this, stylized trees in same white wool form an open pattern along edge of border.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Tilly McPherson
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. David Cowan, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1002
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0019
- Description
- A heavy red woolen blanket with a wide black band at either end, twill weave. Along one side near the stripe at the end are four short lines woven into the fabric, and in that corner a square label is sewn. Square label in corner, "All genuine Hudson's Bay point blankets bear this seal/ HUDSON'S B…
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- Title
- Blanket
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 190.0 x 214.0 cm
- Description
- A heavy red woolen blanket with a wide black band at either end, twill weave. Along one side near the stripe at the end are four short lines woven into the fabric, and in that corner a square label is sewn. Square label in corner, "All genuine Hudson's Bay point blankets bear this seal/ HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY/ Incorporated 1670 (around seal of two deer rampant with Latin motto "Pro Pelle Cutem" on banner beneath)/ the seal of quality/ made in England".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0019
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- Date
- 1860 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1039 a,b
- Description
- Pair of white baby bootees, ankle high, fancy knit at top. Red pattern over foot and knitted band at ankle with thin satin ribbon laced through.
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- Title
- Bootees
- Date
- 1860 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Pair of white baby bootees, ankle high, fancy knit at top. Red pattern over foot and knitted band at ankle with thin satin ribbon laced through.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- children
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1039 a,b
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Child's Bonnet
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0073
- Description
- A small, close fitting child's bonnet covered with large, bright, embroidered flowers, no chin ties. Large, crewel like flowers have been machine embroidered on lightweight canvas. Trimmed around edges with heavy orange scalloped line, with fabric of bonnet crudely cut off just outside that line.
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- Title
- Child's Bonnet
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A small, close fitting child's bonnet covered with large, bright, embroidered flowers, no chin ties. Large, crewel like flowers have been machine embroidered on lightweight canvas. Trimmed around edges with heavy orange scalloped line, with fabric of bonnet crudely cut off just outside that line.
- Subject
- households
- children
- accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0073
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Child's Slippers
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0057 a,b
- Description
- A pair of children's slippers, flat soles of one piece of relatively soft leather, rounded toes, slight built in heels. Toes decorated with an embroidered image of a Chinese dragon in florid red, orange, pink, and tail with red, green and yellow. Slippers are primarily green silk.
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- Title
- Child's Slippers
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.5 x 12.8 cm
- Description
- A pair of children's slippers, flat soles of one piece of relatively soft leather, rounded toes, slight built in heels. Toes decorated with an embroidered image of a Chinese dragon in florid red, orange, pink, and tail with red, green and yellow. Slippers are primarily green silk.
- Subject
- households
- children
- animal
- dragon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0057 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- paper; fibre, silk; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0004 a,b
- Description
- Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- paper; fibre, silk; hair
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 4.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied together at the neck with a ribbon.
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- souvenirs
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0004 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1052 a,b
- Description
- Child's, plain smoked leather leggings, one piece construction, 2 sides with cut-in fringes, top plain, other sides with cut-in thongs for closure.
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- Title
- Leggings
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Child's, plain smoked leather leggings, one piece construction, 2 sides with cut-in fringes, top plain, other sides with cut-in thongs for closure.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1052 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- plastic; paper; metal; rubber; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.1007
- Description
- Green and black plastic radio with two black knobs for dialing and volume mid-centre right. Above this is a round station zone with a red dial.
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- Title
- Mantle Radio
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- plastic; paper; metal; rubber; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Green and black plastic radio with two black knobs for dialing and volume mid-centre right. Above this is a round station zone with a red dial.
- Subject
- household
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Chui Mei Yee, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.1007
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0026 a-e
- Description
- A set of five small dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, each separates in half with the top fitting over a small wooden lip on the base. Loosely sketched facial features on each with brightly painted robes. (a) male figure with tall bald domed head and a fringe o…
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- Title
- Nesting Doll
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.6 cm
- Description
- A set of five small dolls, graduated in size and hollow so that one fits inside the other, each separates in half with the top fitting over a small wooden lip on the base. Loosely sketched facial features on each with brightly painted robes. (a) male figure with tall bald domed head and a fringe of hair at neck and sparse beard, facial contours accented with pink. Wearing green flowered kimono with yellow sash tie at back, small red footed base with black slippers Marks: on base, "PP" (b) 2.3 x 1.5, squatter figure with flat base depicting man with fringe of hair at neck, and fat bare belly, holding yellow fan, facial and belly contours accented with pink, wearing red flowered robe (c) 1.7 x 1.1, as (b) above. Smiling man wearing green robe and holding sack over one shoulder and yellow mallet in hand, pink skull cap on head (d) 1.1 x .7, nearly round with flat base. Small figure with thin mustache wearing yellow and pink robes and green skull cap, holding what might be a sword in his hand (e) .6 x .5, solid, nearly round piece with simple face drawn on top with thick black hair, wearing red robe.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Japanese
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0026 a-e
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Photographic Print
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- Date
- 1937 – 1938
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0081 a,b
- Description
- A photograph in a metallic coloured frame which swings from a support of the same colour as the frame. (a) a black and white photograph of a group of ten children and a grandfatherly man on a lawn in front of a house. Seven children are standing in the back with the other three children and the eld…
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- Title
- Photographic Print
- Date
- 1937 – 1938
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.2 x 22.3 cm
- Description
- A photograph in a metallic coloured frame which swings from a support of the same colour as the frame. (a) a black and white photograph of a group of ten children and a grandfatherly man on a lawn in front of a house. Seven children are standing in the back with the other three children and the elderly man seated in front. Photograph is glued on yellowing mat board with brown paper backing. (b) Rectangular wooden frame painted a brownish metallic colour holds the photograph and swings from two wooden uprights attached to a broad by two screws through the vertical arms into the middle of each side of the frame, bottom of base covered with green felt.
- Subject
- households
- children
- Dave White
- David Stockand
- Peter White
- Marian Katharine Stockand
- Mavis Stockand
- Barbara Whyte;Don Whyte
- Clifford White
- Dave Whyte
- Betty Stockand
- Annie White
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0081 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0021
- Description
- Black bordered rectangular Navajo scatter rug, ivory ground with three adjoined diamond designs dominant, other geometric symbols in design of rug in colours red, gray, black, brown, four black corner tassels, handwoven.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 98.0 cm
- Description
- Black bordered rectangular Navajo scatter rug, ivory ground with three adjoined diamond designs dominant, other geometric symbols in design of rug in colours red, gray, black, brown, four black corner tassels, handwoven.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- weaving
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0021
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0022
- Description
- Handwoven, almost square scatter rug with two sides in black trim, two sides with ivory fringe, multi-coloured geometric figures with ivory coloured contrast, almost square red centre panel containing four diamond-shaped hexagons.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 68.0 cm
- Description
- Handwoven, almost square scatter rug with two sides in black trim, two sides with ivory fringe, multi-coloured geometric figures with ivory coloured contrast, almost square red centre panel containing four diamond-shaped hexagons.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- weaving
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0022
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0023 a,b
- Description
- Woven scatter rugs with basic banded design; brown band plus tassles at either end, band pattern is alternately green and blue with red alternating, geometric details throughout weaving pattern.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 61.5 x 123.0 cm
- Description
- Woven scatter rugs with basic banded design; brown band plus tassles at either end, band pattern is alternately green and blue with red alternating, geometric details throughout weaving pattern.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- weaving
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0023 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0028
- Description
- A brightly coloured, small, rectangular rug woven in tapestry weave completely covering the warp, with small slits in the weaving between the colours, red centre portion with wide white borders and black trim covered with brightly coloured geometric shapes evenly spaced around the whole. Each of th…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 114.0 cm
- Description
- A brightly coloured, small, rectangular rug woven in tapestry weave completely covering the warp, with small slits in the weaving between the colours, red centre portion with wide white borders and black trim covered with brightly coloured geometric shapes evenly spaced around the whole. Each of the two red central portions contains a white diamond shape outlined in blue, natural light coloured fringe at each end of its length are the thrum ends of the warp and are knotted in groups of four close to the rug, with one end of fringes looped rather than cut.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0028
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- Date
- 1933 – 1933
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0015
- Description
- A lightweight grey metal, possibly tin, plate with pictures of nursery rhymes, accompanied by their rhymes, stamped around a wide rim. Scratched into the centre of the plate is “Sub-Basement Golf Tournament 1933”.
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- Title
- Trophy Prize
- Date
- 1933 – 1933
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A lightweight grey metal, possibly tin, plate with pictures of nursery rhymes, accompanied by their rhymes, stamped around a wide rim. Scratched into the centre of the plate is “Sub-Basement Golf Tournament 1933”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0015
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