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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0014
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the to…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.0 (approximately) x 23.0 (approximately) cm
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the top of the upper fringe. The bag is lined with a printed fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0014
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0016
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with thongs threaded through the neck to pull the pouch closed. The flat tab at the end of each thong and the edge of the pouch opening are edged with beads. The lower half of the pouch is completely covered with white beads and has a central design of a horizontal band edged wit…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A deerskin pouch with thongs threaded through the neck to pull the pouch closed. The flat tab at the end of each thong and the edge of the pouch opening are edged with beads. The lower half of the pouch is completely covered with white beads and has a central design of a horizontal band edged with triangles worked in contrasting coloured beads. The pouch has a circular beaded design on the opposite side.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0016
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0020
- Description
- A hide pouch with a small flap and long fringe around each side and along the bottom. The bag is decorated with green and white beads along the top edge, and a green and white beadwork diamond shape on the front.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A hide pouch with a small flap and long fringe around each side and along the bottom. The bag is decorated with green and white beads along the top edge, and a green and white beadwork diamond shape on the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0020
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0231
- Description
- A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white l…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white leaves curves from each side of the flower to red flowers outlined in white with blue centres at each upper corner. Red stem of main flower splits at ground to hold a white bud outlined in red at the lower corners. A narrow band of white and ochre bars follows the bottom contour of the purse. Top edge of purse has white notched buckskin trim with a buttonhole cut through at the middle, and a corresponding blue button sewn to the back for closing. Short buckskin strap with fringes cut into one side extends halfway down the right side of the purse to where the white buckskin fringe takes over.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0231
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0265
- Description
- A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond o…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond on either side, outlined with blue squares, then black ones, are adjacent to the yellow triangles. Left side of beaded panel has red border, right side has blue border. Flap has notched edge at its rounded bottom, and slit buttonhole at centre to fasten purse (button missing) strap handle seamed at middle where two pieces were joined.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0265
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0380
- Description
- A flat greyish, soft, leather pouch laced together around the edges with buckskin thongs. Double drawstring of buckskin thongs threaded through slits cut at top. Triple strands of thongs doubled and knotted through holes in three places on the front, hanging in a long mass of fringes from the bag. …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- A flat greyish, soft, leather pouch laced together around the edges with buckskin thongs. Double drawstring of buckskin thongs threaded through slits cut at top. Triple strands of thongs doubled and knotted through holes in three places on the front, hanging in a long mass of fringes from the bag. Fringes threaded with four to six large, handmade glass beads on each, white, amber, red, blue, green.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0380
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3001
- Description
- Soft white buckskin drawstring bag with fringe along bottom. Thong drawstring strung through slits in bag and ends knotted together. Top edge of bag has a row of orange and blue beads. Beaded pattern on one side (24.0x 19.5 cm) white background with diamond shape of small multicoloured blocks of…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Soft white buckskin drawstring bag with fringe along bottom. Thong drawstring strung through slits in bag and ends knotted together. Top edge of bag has a row of orange and blue beads. Beaded pattern on one side (24.0x 19.5 cm) white background with diamond shape of small multicoloured blocks of light blue, orange, dark blue, red, yellow and green with large white diamond in middle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3001
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- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and …
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Fabric-lined buckskin drawstring bag with orange and black beads on the end of drawstring thong. The bag has fringe (12.0 cm long) along bottom edge. One side of the bag has a beaded design (25.0 x 27.5 cm) on an orange background. There is a hexagon shape, in black and green with two green and white crosses and two black chevrons, at the centre with white and black chevrons pointing toward the hexagon. Each corner of the beadwork has a green and white cross. Handsewn with thread, not sinew
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3010
- Description
- Soft drawstring bag, made out of black tail deer hide, with fringes along the sides and bottom. The bag is lined with floral printed cotton fabric. Top scalloped edge has red and light blue beading. One side of the bag has a 16.5x15.0 cm beaded design with a red edge and a light blue background…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- Soft drawstring bag, made out of black tail deer hide, with fringes along the sides and bottom. The bag is lined with floral printed cotton fabric. Top scalloped edge has red and light blue beading. One side of the bag has a 16.5x15.0 cm beaded design with a red edge and a light blue background with the head and shoulders of a buffalo in dark brown. The bison has white horns, eyes and nostrils.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3010
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3011
- Description
- Small beaded drawstring bag with fringe (13.0 cm long) along bottom edge. Front has an abstract flower in light blue, dark blue, red and yellow with green leaves.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Small beaded drawstring bag with fringe (13.0 cm long) along bottom edge. Front has an abstract flower in light blue, dark blue, red and yellow with green leaves.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3011
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3012
- Description
- Buckskin bag with handle and fold over closure with thong ties to fasten. The bag is lined with multi-coloured printed floral fabric. The outside of the bag is almost completely beaded with a yellow background, edged in red, and pink and yellow flowers with green leaves.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Buckskin bag with handle and fold over closure with thong ties to fasten. The bag is lined with multi-coloured printed floral fabric. The outside of the bag is almost completely beaded with a yellow background, edged in red, and pink and yellow flowers with green leaves.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3012
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3013
- Description
- Round bag with drawstring closure. Beaded band 11.5 cm wide encircles the bag - white background with a pattern of blue flowers with red centres and green stems and leaves. Bottom edge has long (ca. 11.0 cm) fringe.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 28.0 cm
- Description
- Round bag with drawstring closure. Beaded band 11.5 cm wide encircles the bag - white background with a pattern of blue flowers with red centres and green stems and leaves. Bottom edge has long (ca. 11.0 cm) fringe.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3013
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0134 a,b
- Description
- Two, square, lightweight wool scarves with printed floral designs. (a) white square, printed with large square of a multitude of bright red, yellow and blue flowers tapering off to a few scattered blossoms floating around on the surface of the plain white background circle at the centre of the squa…
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 63.6 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- Two, square, lightweight wool scarves with printed floral designs. (a) white square, printed with large square of a multitude of bright red, yellow and blue flowers tapering off to a few scattered blossoms floating around on the surface of the plain white background circle at the centre of the square, all four sides have a short thread fringe. (b)dark blue square, printed with a large open square of clusters of white daisies forming a garland with bright pink and bright blue flowers. Small bouquets of these same flowers are evenly spaced around the inside perimeter of the square. Two sides of the scarf finished with a small machine stitched hem, the other two formed by the selvage edge of the fabric.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0134 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0135 a,b
- Description
- Two square, cotton, bandannas. (a) red, set inside a 3 cm red border is a beige and white square printed with red motifs reminiscent of paisley which frames a beige and white pattern of vines, flowers, and the paisley "comma" shape covering the red background. Machine stitched narrow hem on three s…
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 58.5 cm
- Description
- Two square, cotton, bandannas. (a) red, set inside a 3 cm red border is a beige and white square printed with red motifs reminiscent of paisley which frames a beige and white pattern of vines, flowers, and the paisley "comma" shape covering the red background. Machine stitched narrow hem on three sides with the fabric's selvage forming the fourth side. (b) blue, set inside a 3 cm blue border is a frame composed of large white paisley comma shapes surrounding a narrow flowered white band at the centre forming an octagon around floating white star-shaped flowers scattered over the blue background. Printed in white in one corner, "Fast, elephant logo, Color 100% cotton". Three sides finished with narrow machine stitched hem, the other being the selvage of fabric.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0135 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0137 a-c
- Description
- A collection of three souvenir type square scarves. (a) white wool like rayon ? printed with a stylized map of Alberta and British Columbia with illustrations depicting all the resort areas of these provinces in their appropriate places on the map. Map surrounded with a heavy border of badly offse…
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 68.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of three souvenir type square scarves. (a) white wool like rayon ? printed with a stylized map of Alberta and British Columbia with illustrations depicting all the resort areas of these provinces in their appropriate places on the map. Map surrounded with a heavy border of badly offset blue flowers, with an outer border at the edge of swimmers, skiers, golfer, etc. in front of a panorama of mountains. Short thread fringe on all four sides. (b) white silky rayon, clusters of brightly coloured international flags around each corner, with a light blue seal of the Soroptimist International Association at the centre, and a banner beneath, "1921 Jubilee 1971". White rolled hem outside narrow blue border line. Printed in one corner. (c) on the blue border, "Mildred Sprout". (c) green and brown rayon "Waltzing Matilda" words and tune printed on a white frame surrounding vignetted scenes taken from the song, all against a green yellow background of grass, trees and bushes. Light brown edge border 3 cm wide with rolled hem on all four sides. Near one corner is attached a small piece of brass coloured metal in the shape of a kangaroo inscribed "Francois".
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs: CRW
- Soroptimist
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0137 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0138
- Description
- A large silk [?] square of beige printed with a Mondrian like pattern of wide red, green and blue stripes forming a frame around a window orange stripes diagonally behind, all on a beige background. Band rolled hem on all sides.
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 94.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- A large silk [?] square of beige printed with a Mondrian like pattern of wide red, green and blue stripes forming a frame around a window orange stripes diagonally behind, all on a beige background. Band rolled hem on all sides.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0138
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0044 a,b
- Description
- Two triangular kerchiefs made from plaid materials. (a) green plaid, a square of fabric cut on the bias and machine stitched in a narrow hem across the bias and along one side, the other side being the selvage edge of the material. Dark blue squares bordered by narrow green bands with an independen…
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Two triangular kerchiefs made from plaid materials. (a) green plaid, a square of fabric cut on the bias and machine stitched in a narrow hem across the bias and along one side, the other side being the selvage edge of the material. Dark blue squares bordered by narrow green bands with an independent narrow green band between on white ground, a thin central cross line of yellow, and independent cross lines of red. (b) red plaid, a square of fabric cut on the bias and band stitched in narrow hem on all three sides, blue and red bands form checks which are bordered with narrow black bands, and thin independent blue cross lines.
- Subject
- households
- CRW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0044 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1040
- Description
- A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
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- Title
- Kerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 70.0 x 70.0 cm
- Description
- A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
- Subject
- souvenir
- Field, B.C.
- Credit
- Gift of Chui Mei Yee, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1040
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- Date
- 1950 – 1953
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0027
- Description
- Small Navajo rug with a symmetrical design on a white background, stylized human figure on each side, dark brown torso, arms and head, and red skirt and legs, figures are rectangular and extend the width of the rug. Vertical lines frame each figure, lines are black, white, red, grey and brown. A bl…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1950 – 1953
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 42.5 x 85.0 cm
- Description
- Small Navajo rug with a symmetrical design on a white background, stylized human figure on each side, dark brown torso, arms and head, and red skirt and legs, figures are rectangular and extend the width of the rug. Vertical lines frame each figure, lines are black, white, red, grey and brown. A black, white, dark brown and red geometric design (2 white jagged diamonds) runs down center of rug.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0027
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0033
- Description
- Hooked throw rug with sailboat scene, a black (9 cm. wide) and burgundy (1.5 cm. wide) border frames picture, scene depicts one large, three masted sailboat in center with a black steamboat to the left and a small single masted sailboat to the right, sailboats are black with orange masts, the whit…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 92.0 x 109.0 cm
- Description
- Hooked throw rug with sailboat scene, a black (9 cm. wide) and burgundy (1.5 cm. wide) border frames picture, scene depicts one large, three masted sailboat in center with a black steamboat to the left and a small single masted sailboat to the right, sailboats are black with orange masts, the white sails are outlined in beige, water is represented in various shades of green, the sky in various shades of grey.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- rug hooking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0033
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