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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre, plant; fibre, raffia
Catalogue Number
103.08.0048
Description
A very loosely woven bag of straw with the straw warp only woven together in five rows. The bag has a braided edge at the top, and a braided handle that threads through the top row of straw. The bag is decorated with a red and green raffia design sewn on the front.
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Title
Bag
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre, plant; fibre, raffia
Dimensions
23.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
A very loosely woven bag of straw with the straw warp only woven together in five rows. The bag has a braided edge at the top, and a braided handle that threads through the top row of straw. The bag is decorated with a red and green raffia design sewn on the front.
Subject
households
souvenirs
tourism
crafts
decorative
weaving
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0048
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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
fibre, cotton; wood
Catalogue Number
103.08.0056
Description
A flat, rectangular, white cotton bag with two short handles, and wooden rods threaded through a casing at the opening. The bag is decorated with an underwater seascape appliqued on the front.
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Title
Bag
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
fibre, cotton; wood
Dimensions
32.0 x 46.5 cm
Description
A flat, rectangular, white cotton bag with two short handles, and wooden rods threaded through a casing at the opening. The bag is decorated with an underwater seascape appliqued on the front.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0056
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.3019
Description
Round buckskin bag with drawstring closure. Bottom third of bag has deer skin with hair attached, and the bag is also decorated with artery ventricle rings sewn on outside, two are intact.
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Title
Bag
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin
Dimensions
16.0 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
Round buckskin bag with drawstring closure. Bottom third of bag has deer skin with hair attached, and the bag is also decorated with artery ventricle rings sewn on outside, two are intact.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3019
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.3018
Description
Buckskin drawstring bag with the head of a lynx as the bag with buckskin fringes stitched onto eyes, through nostrils and along mouth. The bag is lined with floral printed fabric.
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Title
Bag
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; fibre
Dimensions
21.0 x 16.0 x 19.0 cm
Description
Buckskin drawstring bag with the head of a lynx as the bag with buckskin fringes stitched onto eyes, through nostrils and along mouth. The bag is lined with floral printed fabric.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
animals, lynx
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3018
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.3001
Description
Beaded headband with a beaded triangle joined to the centre of the top edge. The ends of the band are attached together with white elastic. A pair of medallions are attached to the elastic. The headband is blue with a geometric design in yellow, red, white and green. There are two groups of fin…
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
27.5 x 27.0 cm
Description
Beaded headband with a beaded triangle joined to the centre of the top edge. The ends of the band are attached together with white elastic. A pair of medallions are attached to the elastic. The headband is blue with a geometric design in yellow, red, white and green. There are two groups of finge hanging from the bottom edge of the headband at either end of the triangle. The band is backed by white fabric (canvas?).
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3001
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Date
prior to 1979
Material
glass; plastic; fibre; feather
Catalogue Number
103.04.3002
Description
Beaded headband with a peak at the front centre. The headband is blue with dark blue triangle borders and edged with both blues. The band is decorated with a yellow, red and white geometric design. The ends of the band are joined with elastic, and the elastic is covered with a medallion that hol…
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1979
Material
glass; plastic; fibre; feather
Dimensions
13.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
Beaded headband with a peak at the front centre. The headband is blue with dark blue triangle borders and edged with both blues. The band is decorated with a yellow, red and white geometric design. The ends of the band are joined with elastic, and the elastic is covered with a medallion that holds three feathers (eagle?) (24.0 cm long). The headband is backed with white fabric. Tag attached: “found in Eaton’s box marked ‘My Indian Headband’.”
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
beadwork
Catharine Whyte
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3002
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; plastic; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.3004
Description
Beaded headband backed with hide. The ends of the band are joined with two pieces of black elastic. The top edge of the band has two arches. The top and bottom edges of the band are finished with yellow and blue beading. The band is blue and has a repeating geometric pattern in white, dark blue…
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; plastic; skin; fibre
Dimensions
8.0 x 28.2 cm
Description
Beaded headband backed with hide. The ends of the band are joined with two pieces of black elastic. The top edge of the band has two arches. The top and bottom edges of the band are finished with yellow and blue beading. The band is blue and has a repeating geometric pattern in white, dark blue, orange and red.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Catharine Robb Whyte
Princess Whiteshield
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3004
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; plastic; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.3006
Description
Beaded headband joined with elastic at the back. The band is decorated with slanted lines in red, light blue, orange, and dark blue. A triangle is attached at the centre of the top edge of the band and decorated with verticle lines in a reapeated pattern from the centre in dark blue, yellow, red,…
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; plastic; fibre
Dimensions
12.4 x 26.3 cm
Description
Beaded headband joined with elastic at the back. The band is decorated with slanted lines in red, light blue, orange, and dark blue. A triangle is attached at the centre of the top edge of the band and decorated with verticle lines in a reapeated pattern from the centre in dark blue, yellow, red, light blue, orange and pink. The band is headbacked with fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3006
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.04.3007
Description
Beaded headband with three peaks along the upper edge. The band has a geometric design in orange and white on a blue background. The upper edge of the band has a black and white border. The ends of the band have hide attached and leather thongs.
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Dimensions
7.0 x 27.4 cm
Description
Beaded headband with three peaks along the upper edge. The band has a geometric design in orange and white on a blue background. The upper edge of the band has a black and white border. The ends of the band have hide attached and leather thongs.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3007
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.04.3010
Description
Loom-woven beaded headband in blue with a white, red and pink geometric design. The ends of the beading are joined with a strip of hide with scalloped edges. Green and light green ribbons (64.0 cm long) are sewn onto the centre of the hide strip.
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Title
Beaded Headband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; fibre; skin
Dimensions
4.2 x 25.8 cm
Description
Loom-woven beaded headband in blue with a white, red and pink geometric design. The ends of the beading are joined with a strip of hide with scalloped edges. Green and light green ribbons (64.0 cm long) are sewn onto the centre of the hide strip.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
weaving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.3010
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.0011
Description
Necklace of beads woven on a bead loom. A strap of green beads with red beads along edges is attatched to a circular medallion of green beads with three pink, beaded, diamond shapes inside. The pendant has beaded pink edges and two loops of red and green beads hanging off of the bottom edge of th…
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
36.5 cm
Description
Necklace of beads woven on a bead loom. A strap of green beads with red beads along edges is attatched to a circular medallion of green beads with three pink, beaded, diamond shapes inside. The pendant has beaded pink edges and two loops of red and green beads hanging off of the bottom edge of the disk.
Subject
Indigenous
souvenirs
Stoney
decorative
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0011
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0005
Description
A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass
Dimensions
135.0 cm
Description
A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
Subject
decoration
beadwork
crafts
Indigenous
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0005
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.0008
Description
A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
Dimensions
45.0 cm
Description
A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
animals, cougar
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0008
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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
skin; plastic; claw
Catalogue Number
103.01.0051
Description
A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
skin; plastic; claw
Dimensions
103. cm
Description
A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
animal
bear
regalia
accessories
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0051
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3028
Description
Round-braided strand (1.5 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (13.0 cm long) in orange and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
7.0 x 60.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strand (1.5 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (13.0 cm long) in orange and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3028
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3029
Description
Very finely round-braided strand (2.0 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.5 cm long) in white and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with leather fringe (7.0 cm long). Tag in CRW’s handwriting “Be_l_y Beaver - Sweetgrass Oct 1…
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
9.3 x 62.0 cm
Description
Very finely round-braided strand (2.0 cm diameter) of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.5 cm long) in white and light green and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with leather fringe (7.0 cm long). Tag in CRW’s handwriting “Be_l_y Beaver - Sweetgrass Oct 17 credit.”
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3029
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3030
Description
Round-braided strand ( 1.7 cm diameter) of sweetgrass. Both ends of the strand are joined in a red, white and orange beaded (9.0 cm long) buckskin tube with fringe (16.5 cm long) at the end.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
8.0 x 72.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strand ( 1.7 cm diameter) of sweetgrass. Both ends of the strand are joined in a red, white and orange beaded (9.0 cm long) buckskin tube with fringe (16.5 cm long) at the end.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3030
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.1039
Description
Beaded choker made of three sections. Ends are skin with gold, black and red beads, bordered with green and black beads. Centre section loom beaded in red, black and white.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
3.5 x 79.0 cm
Description
Beaded choker made of three sections. Ends are skin with gold, black and red beads, bordered with green and black beads. Centre section loom beaded in red, black and white.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
regalia
beadwork
Whyte family
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
103.01.1039
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3016 a-h
Description
Round-braided strands of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.2 to 14.0 cm long) and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops. a) 60.0 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm, light blue and orange beading; b) 58.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm, red and light green beading beading;c) …
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
grass; glass; skin
Dimensions
60.0 cm
Description
Round-braided strands of sweetgrass with fringed buckskin ends that are beaded (12.2 to 14.0 cm long) and tied together. Each end of the beading is finished with beaded loops. a) 60.0 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm, light blue and orange beading; b) 58.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm, red and light green beading beading;c) 59.0 x 8.0 x 1.6 cm, light green and orange beading;d) 66.0 x 6.3 x 1.5 cm, light blue and red beading;e) 61.0 x 8.9 x 1.4 cm, light blue and red beading;f) 59.0 x 10.0 x 1.9 cm, red and light blue beading;g) 59.0 x 9.2 x 1.3 cm, red and light blue beading;h) 59.0 x 8.0 x 1.6 cm, red and light blue beading.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3016 a-h
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Date
prior to 1973
Material
seed; plastic
Catalogue Number
103.01.3018
Description
Thirty four seed pods strung together on a brown plastic lacing (68.8 cm long). Tag in CRW's writing: "Viola Hunter Nov 10,1973"
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1973
Material
seed; plastic
Dimensions
10.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
Thirty four seed pods strung together on a brown plastic lacing (68.8 cm long). Tag in CRW's writing: "Viola Hunter Nov 10,1973"
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
regalia
Viola Hunter
crafts
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3018
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