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- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0189
- Description
- A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath lo…
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- Title
- Bar Pin
- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 0.8 x 4.9 cm
- Description
- A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath locking barrel clasp at other end.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0189
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- willow; pine root; bear grass; maidenhair fern; woodwardia
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0074
- Description
- A basket hat with natural light with black and red brown design. Zig-zag design around sides formed of elongated trapazoidal forms stepping up and down on one another with a triangle at the base and top of each zig-zag, trapezoids are brown on bottom half, black across top. Rim of hat is banded wi…
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- Title
- Basket Hat
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- willow; pine root; bear grass; maidenhair fern; woodwardia
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- A basket hat with natural light with black and red brown design. Zig-zag design around sides formed of elongated trapazoidal forms stepping up and down on one another with a triangle at the base and top of each zig-zag, trapezoids are brown on bottom half, black across top. Rim of hat is banded with brown bars and brown and black line beneath. Bottom has band of black and brown surrounding a series of brown parallelograms forming a circle. Centre of base is a circle of lighter brown. The hat is a twining technique over ribs radiating from the centre with extra ribs added to expand the shape, design not visible on inside but mottled pattern in reverse of outer pattern is vaguely seen against the brown interior.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Hupa
- households
- clothing
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0074
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0003
- Description
- A long, narrow, curve bottomed flat bag with a rounded flap. The bag has a leather tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The front of the bag is completely beaded with a light blue background and a column of triangles of green, red, yellow and blue beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 44.5 cm
- Description
- A long, narrow, curve bottomed flat bag with a rounded flap. The bag has a leather tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The front of the bag is completely beaded with a light blue background and a column of triangles of green, red, yellow and blue beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0003
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the fastening thong with three beaded loops.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon,…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon, and has two leather covered rings that push down to secure the bag’s contents.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0242
- Description
- A soft buckskin purse of two wedge panels and an edge bottom piece, well finished welt seams, velvet drawstring panels at top of bag, drawstrings of buckskin, brocade lining. One side of bag has conventional flowers in white with yellow centres and pink with blue centres, clear glass leaves, and a …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A soft buckskin purse of two wedge panels and an edge bottom piece, well finished welt seams, velvet drawstring panels at top of bag, drawstrings of buckskin, brocade lining. One side of bag has conventional flowers in white with yellow centres and pink with blue centres, clear glass leaves, and a bud from which the flower stems emerge. The other side has blue flowers with brown centres and green and clean glass leaves. The buckskin velvet seam and the side and bottom panel are decorated with a strung bead fringe of red baby blue dark blue yellow and black and white beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0242
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0296
- Description
- Small square buckskin purse, completely beaded on the front, with short loop handle from the centre of the front to the centre of the back. Short buckskin fringe along the sides and bottom. Front completely beaded with silver grey background containing a single large flower of overlapping red petal…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Small square buckskin purse, completely beaded on the front, with short loop handle from the centre of the front to the centre of the back. Short buckskin fringe along the sides and bottom. Front completely beaded with silver grey background containing a single large flower of overlapping red petals with yellow centre, and dark and light blue petals at upper edge. Two large light green leaves defined with dark green, white stems curling from the top, and silver grey stamens in the middle. Slightly curved opening at top of purse, and sides of strap edged with light brown bead trim.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0296
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded belt, red and white background with diagonal blue lines, light blue beaded edging. Beadwork on canvas belt with metal tabs on ends, skin backing.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1089
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Medium size beaded belt on heavy leather with metal buckle. Beadwork red and yellow geometric design on blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1090
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and squ…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and square designs separate the 3 outlined in dark blue, with light blue and orange centres, buckskin ends sewn on with 2 thongs each end, ca 21.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0004
- Description
- A beaded belt that is fastened with thongs. The beadwork pattern is a white background with a red border along the outside edges, with a series of light blue diamonds, outlined in red, centred along the length of the belt.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 83.0 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt that is fastened with thongs. The beadwork pattern is a white background with a red border along the outside edges, with a series of light blue diamonds, outlined in red, centred along the length of the belt.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0004
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A buckskin, beaded belt with tapered ends. The beadwork pattern is a series of regular diamonds in rose with green and red beaded centres on a ground of white beads. At the ends of the beadwork pattern are a number of bead tassles, or fringe, in clear beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0065
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0073
- Description
- A heavily beaded commercially tanned belt with buckskin loop at one end, ties at the other. Design is yellow ground of straight beads with slanted rows forming border, three patterns of indigo tepees point to point over red diamonds, and three barbs of red at bases. Two three cross beamed crosses o…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 89.3 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded commercially tanned belt with buckskin loop at one end, ties at the other. Design is yellow ground of straight beads with slanted rows forming border, three patterns of indigo tepees point to point over red diamonds, and three barbs of red at bases. Two three cross beamed crosses of green between the other three patterns. The belt itself was a commercial man's belt, but has been sliced in half and stitched together with the former ends concealed and the new ends are squared off.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0073
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0085
- Description
- Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange tria…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 69.5 cm
- Description
- Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange triangles outlined in red pointing toward each of the outer crosses. Between each cross is a red and green square motif containing another four armed cross. The whole has a kaleidoscope effect.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0085
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 73.2 cm
- Description
- A wide heavily beaded cotton backed belt. Beadwork pattern is a dark green ground, bilateral symmetrical forms of red diamonds with white borders, and staircases of yellow, white and red forms. Cotton backing has been machine stitched to the heavier bead base.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0088
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass ar…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 80.7 cm
- Description
- A piece of commercially tanned heavy leather, "harness leather", which has been heavily beaded. Buckskin thongs or ties at the ends. Design is a white bordered ground applied in lazy stitch lines, four rectangles red bordered on length sides and a geometric baby blue and indigo double hour glass around a red rectangle, alternated with harlequin diamonds in green and vermillion bordered in indigo with four points of brass beads also bordered by indigo.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0093
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 100.3 cm
- Description
- A heavily studded commercial belt, with steel buckle held in a riveted loop, to which a slender band of baby blue beads have been added between two rows of studs in a sustaining diagonal.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0094
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0096
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt with two ties at either end. White ground with various vermilion and indigo figures on it, triangles, diamonds with stepped square edges, small rectangles. The border is lazy stitch blue, at midpoint is a pouch or purse of buckskin, heavily beaded on the front in dusty rose, a…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.2 x 84.9 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt with two ties at either end. White ground with various vermilion and indigo figures on it, triangles, diamonds with stepped square edges, small rectangles. The border is lazy stitch blue, at midpoint is a pouch or purse of buckskin, heavily beaded on the front in dusty rose, an arch with a green inner arch, and variously patterned in stepped squares of yellow, blue and red. String ties along top of belt were probably affixed for hanging the belt for exhibition purposes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0096
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- glass; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0107
- Description
- A completely beaded belt worked directly on heavy leather. Beadwork stitched around brown leather belt strap with four grommet eyes sewn to top of belt at one end, and leather strap holding metal buckle and metal loop sewn to top of other end. Beadwork on white background in panels separated by ban…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- glass; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 89.5 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt worked directly on heavy leather. Beadwork stitched around brown leather belt strap with four grommet eyes sewn to top of belt at one end, and leather strap holding metal buckle and metal loop sewn to top of other end. Beadwork on white background in panels separated by bands of small orange and green checks outlined with dark blue. White panels contain, alternately, an eight pointed figure with large brass beaded square at centre and orange points outlined with dark blue, and an orange diamond outlined in light blue with oblique lines extending from the points at the sides and having a brass beaded centre outlined with dark blue.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0107
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