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Muskeg Tea Leaves
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1002
- Description
- Bundle of leaves with note in CRW's writing: "Muskeg tea, boil it, leaves and stem - good for kidney & bladder".
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- Title
- Muskeg Tea Leaves
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- grass
- Description
- Bundle of leaves with note in CRW's writing: "Muskeg tea, boil it, leaves and stem - good for kidney & bladder".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1002
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Nesting Doll Set
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0050 a-h
- Description
- A set of eight egg shaped dolls graduated in size so that each fits within the next. Two halves of each doll join at the waist by placing top over small wooden lip. (a) brightly coloured peasant woman wearing flowered red kerchief and apron over blue skirt and yellow blouse, round face with brow…
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- Title
- Nesting Doll Set
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 13.5 cm
- Description
- A set of eight egg shaped dolls graduated in size so that each fits within the next. Two halves of each doll join at the waist by placing top over small wooden lip. (a) brightly coloured peasant woman wearing flowered red kerchief and apron over blue skirt and yellow blouse, round face with brown hair, black eyes and red heart shaped lips painted on. (b) 8.5 h x 4.7 d, not so detailed, brightly coloured plain yellow kerchief with red dress, similar face. (c) 6.3 x 3.8, as (b) with pink kerchief and green dress. (d) 4.8 x 2.9 as (b) with yellow kerchief and blue dress. (e) 3.5 x 2.1 clothed in pink kerchief and robe of one piece. (f) 2.5 x 1.6 as (e) but yellow. (g) 1.8 x 1.1 no features at all, same shape as others but simply dyed a green-yellow. (h) .9 x .8-as (g) but dyed yellow, opens but is empty.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0050 a-h
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Photographic Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0033
- Date
- 1890 – 1892
- Material
- paper; wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0033
- Description
- A black and white studio photograph of a child (Pearl Evelyn Brewster Moore) with straight bangs, wearing a dress with a large lace collar. The photograph is framed with a white mat and a simple black wooden frame with a narrow gold inside and outside border. The back of the photo is marked “Pear…
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- Title
- Photographic Print
- Date
- 1890 – 1892
- Material
- paper; wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 27.6; 42.5 (frame) x 20.7; 34.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A black and white studio photograph of a child (Pearl Evelyn Brewster Moore) with straight bangs, wearing a dress with a large lace collar. The photograph is framed with a white mat and a simple black wooden frame with a narrow gold inside and outside border. The back of the photo is marked “Pearl Evelin Brewster, 2 years old, Born July 25, 1889, died Oct 22, 1973.”
- Subject
- households
- children
- photography
- Pearl Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0033
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0003
- Description
- A very simple oval sterling silver picture frame with a cut-out silver stand attached to the bottom. The back of the frame is marked “Sterling #799.”
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- Title
- Picture Frame
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; glass
- Dimensions
- 10.0 cm
- Description
- A very simple oval sterling silver picture frame with a cut-out silver stand attached to the bottom. The back of the frame is marked “Sterling #799.”
- Subject
- households
- families
- children
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0003
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- Date
- prior to 1973
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3017
- Description
- Dark brown fur apron with three compartments. Each section holds a doll, one larger than the other two, that is sewn in place. Each doll has hide clothing, fur on the head and beaded facial features. Long thong tie (69.8 cm long) attached at upper two corners. Tag attached: “Eliza Hunter broug…
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- Title
- Regalia Apron
- Date
- prior to 1973
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Dark brown fur apron with three compartments. Each section holds a doll, one larger than the other two, that is sewn in place. Each doll has hide clothing, fur on the head and beaded facial features. Long thong tie (69.8 cm long) attached at upper two corners. Tag attached: “Eliza Hunter brought this spring of ‘72 How babies were carried? (copied from note in CRW handwriting).”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Eliza Hunter
- regalia
- beadwork
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3017
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- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3022 a-d
- Description
- Child’s (boy) outfit with a shirt, leggings and an apron.a) Light hide shirt (91.5 x 45.3 cm), open sided with thong ties. The shirt has canvas backed bead strips attached along the back of the arms and over the shoulders. The strips are edged with red and blue beads and have a red and blue geome…
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- Title
- Set Regalia
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 91.5 (a) x 45.3 (a) cm
- Description
- Child’s (boy) outfit with a shirt, leggings and an apron.a) Light hide shirt (91.5 x 45.3 cm), open sided with thong ties. The shirt has canvas backed bead strips attached along the back of the arms and over the shoulders. The strips are edged with red and blue beads and have a red and blue geometric pattern on a white background. There is fringe (16.0 cm long) attached across the shoulders and under the arm beadstrips. b,c) Leggings (b - 64.5 x 28.0 cm; c - 62.0 x 25.7 cm) with beadstrips (same pattern as shirt) and thong ties. The edges of the leggings are pinked.d) Apron (26.0 x 29.0 cm) with two half-oval parts with blue and red beaded decoration on the front and red beading on the back. Both the front and back have a fringed edge (4.0 cm). The apron is tied together at one side. e) black and yellow butterfly necklace
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3022 a-d
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hoof
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3032 a-e
- Description
- A girl’s outfit with matching beadwork of orange with black and white stepped geometric designs (triangles and diamonds).a) Dress of light hide with fringe along the yoke and around both short sleeves (13.5 cm long) and along the bottom hem (6.5 cm long). There are thong ties at both sides of the …
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- Title
- Set Regalia
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hoof
- Dimensions
- 72.5 (a) x 84.5 (a) cm
- Description
- A girl’s outfit with matching beadwork of orange with black and white stepped geometric designs (triangles and diamonds).a) Dress of light hide with fringe along the yoke and around both short sleeves (13.5 cm long) and along the bottom hem (6.5 cm long). There are thong ties at both sides of the neck opening. The front of the dress yoke has three beaded diamonds, backed with fabric and sewn to the dress. The front of the dress also has two beaded medallions with dewclaw and bead tassels. The back of the dress also has beaded medallions (no tassels) and two beaded diamonds on the yoke.b) Belt (70.5 x 6.0 cm), fully beaded and backed with fabric (pink and white floral print), with thong ties attached to each end. The belt is orange with black and white triangles and has black and orange edge beading. Section (2.0 cm) of edge beading missing.c) Headband (22.5 x 4.2 cm; 46.3 cm circumference) with same beading pattern and fabric backing as belt. The ends of the band are attached with a piece of white elastic. A beaded, hide backed medallion is strung on the elastic.d,e) Moccasins with high tops and beadstrips attached to the top. The beadstrips, with canvas and blue fabric backing, match the belt and headband. Each moccasin has a single long wrapping lace and two thong laces attached to the beadstrip. There is fringe at both heels. The soles are dirty and worn from use.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3032 a-e
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0086 a-f
- Description
- A six piece young boy's regalia set consisting of a shirt, leggings, gloves and belt. Soft white buckskin with beaded panels of white background with design of orange diamond flanked by large swallow tail shapes outlined in black, alternated with design of two orange three pointed crowns joined by …
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- Title
- Set Regalia
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Description
- A six piece young boy's regalia set consisting of a shirt, leggings, gloves and belt. Soft white buckskin with beaded panels of white background with design of orange diamond flanked by large swallow tail shapes outlined in black, alternated with design of two orange three pointed crowns joined by a blue bar and outlined in blue. (a) shirt, 59.0 x 48.0, tunic style with long sleeves, slit opening at front of neck with buckskin tie, fringes along top half of sleeves and over the shoulder extending part way down front and back, and three buckskin ties along side openings. Bead strips with above alternating designs sewn along length of sleeves, and in bands over shoulders extending down front and back of shirt. Bottom of sleeves have been slit into short fringes leggings, 70.0 x 30.0, tube like leggings, two separate, with wide flap extending out at sides and laced along length of open outer side with short double buckskin ties which pass through two small holes cut through legging at five places along its length thus fastening the front and back into a tube around the leg. Bead strip is sewn to outer edge along length of each legging. Long buckskin strip for attaching to belt is fastened at top corners. (d) belt, 81.0 x 6.3, beaded band of above alternating pattern lined with white flowered aqua cotton flannel, has notched buckskin band at each end with single buckskin thong at each end for tying. (e,f) gloves, 33.7 x 18.8, fringed at outside of gauntlets with heavily beaded front panel of gauntlet containing one large single orange diamond flanked by red swallow tail shapes on each. Gauntlets lined with white cotton broadcloth, reinforced with machine stitching around thumb gore and fingers.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0086 a-f
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- Date
- prior to 1974
- Material
- bone; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3011
- Description
- The raquet-shaped bone is a bird hip with a natural hole; it is tied with a long piece of buckskin to a length of peeled aspen stick. Yellow tag attached with CRW's writing: "Game Archie Daniels 1974." The game of skill is to be able to catch the stick in the hole.
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- Title
- Skill Game
- Date
- prior to 1974
- Material
- bone; wood; skin
- Description
- The raquet-shaped bone is a bird hip with a natural hole; it is tied with a long piece of buckskin to a length of peeled aspen stick. Yellow tag attached with CRW's writing: "Game Archie Daniels 1974." The game of skill is to be able to catch the stick in the hole.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.3011
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- Date
- 1892 – 1894
- Material
- paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1164
- Description
- Black stamp album with leather bound spine. The spine has “STAMP ALBUM.” embossed in gold and a repeated design with scrollwork and leaves also embossed in gold. The cover has “STAMP ALBUM” in gold lettering underscored with decorative gold scrollwork. The bottom of the cover has “Harry Brett.” …
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- Title
- Stamp Album
- Date
- 1892 – 1894
- Material
- paper; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 24.7 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Black stamp album with leather bound spine. The spine has “STAMP ALBUM.” embossed in gold and a repeated design with scrollwork and leaves also embossed in gold. The cover has “STAMP ALBUM” in gold lettering underscored with decorative gold scrollwork. The bottom of the cover has “Harry Brett.” also in gold. The album contains maps of the world and spaces to place stamps from many countries.
- Subject
- households
- children
- hobbies
- Harry Brett
- Credit
- Gift of Mary and William Allan, Calgary, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1164
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- metal; paper; plastic; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1021
- Description
- A wooden box containing a black Viewmaster with a metal advancing arm and 46 reels (36 in envelopes, 10 with no envelope). A small pamphlet has the words for “Part I - Passion Play.” The wooden box has a hinged lid and brass fittings.
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- Title
- Stereoscope
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- metal; paper; plastic; wood
- Description
- A wooden box containing a black Viewmaster with a metal advancing arm and 46 reels (36 in envelopes, 10 with no envelope). A small pamphlet has the words for “Part I - Passion Play.” The wooden box has a hinged lid and brass fittings.
- Subject
- entertainment
- households
- children
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1021
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1019
- Description
- Metal box with folding handle and slit in centre of top. Inscription on a separate plate on side: "Put your dimes and dollars here thus grow richer year by year."
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- Title
- Still Bank
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 5.7 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Metal box with folding handle and slit in centre of top. Inscription on a separate plate on side: "Put your dimes and dollars here thus grow richer year by year."
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- currency
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1019
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