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Date
1950 – 1979
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.0097
Description
A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…
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Title
Advent Calendar
Date
1950 – 1979
Material
paper
Dimensions
30.2 x 30.2 cm
Description
A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.
Subject
households
children
Christmas
Advent
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0097
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Date
n.d.
Material
fabric; rubber; metal
Catalogue Number
102.01.0073 a,b
Description
Two rubber air mattresses covered in green khaki fabric. A is composed of two pieces laced together and b appears to be able to lace onto a to increase the length. each piece has a metal valve to inflate it and a stamp in one corner that bears a logo that says “AIRUBBER” and “MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A …
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Title
Air Mattress
Date
n.d.
Material
fabric; rubber; metal
Dimensions
170.0 x 62.0 cm
Description
Two rubber air mattresses covered in green khaki fabric. A is composed of two pieces laced together and b appears to be able to lace onto a to increase the length. each piece has a metal valve to inflate it and a stamp in one corner that bears a logo that says “AIRUBBER” and “MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A NO. 318 556”.
Subject
Moore home
camping
military
bedding
Philip Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.01.0073 a,b
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Catalogue Number
102.05.1019 a-e
Description
Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
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Title
Alcohol Lamp
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Dimensions
12.5 x 8.5 cm
Description
Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
Subject
photography
Vaux family
camping
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
102.05.1019 a-e
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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Dimensions
2.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
Subject
households
collectables
crafts
carving
animals, dragon
myths
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
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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.”
Subject
households
collectables
animals, squirrel
children
Beatrix Potter
literary characters
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0031
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Date
1950 – 1950
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0060
Description
Small carved wooden horse with an arched tail and neck. The mane and tail are painted grey, and the eyes and hooves are black.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1950 – 1950
Material
wood
Dimensions
8.0 x 3.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
Small carved wooden horse with an arched tail and neck. The mane and tail are painted grey, and the eyes and hooves are black.
Subject
households
collectables
animals, horses
children
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0060
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0088
Description
Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
5.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).
Subject
households
animals, monkeys
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0088
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Date
1967 – 1973
Material
plaster; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0002
Description
A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been pa…
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1967 – 1973
Material
plaster; wood
Dimensions
11.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm
Description
A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been painted dark brown. The bottom is marked “For Pearl Moore HAL.”
Subject
households
crafts
carving
Pearl Moore
animals, bears
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0002
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Date
1970 – 1970
Material
plaster; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0003
Description
A carved plaster squirrel standing on its hind legs with its front paws held to its mouth. The squirrel is painted grey with a black eye outlined in yellow. The squirrel is attached to a round tree section with bark. The bottom is marked with a maker’s mark, the letters “HAL” joined together, an…
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1970 – 1970
Material
plaster; wood
Dimensions
5.5; 3.0 (base) x 3.8; 6.2 (base) x 7.2; 6.2 (base) cm
Description
A carved plaster squirrel standing on its hind legs with its front paws held to its mouth. The squirrel is painted grey with a black eye outlined in yellow. The squirrel is attached to a round tree section with bark. The bottom is marked with a maker’s mark, the letters “HAL” joined together, and “70.”
Subject
households
animals, squirrels
crafts
carving
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0003
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Date
1967 – 1967
Material
plaster; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0004
Description
A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop th…
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1967 – 1967
Material
plaster; wood
Dimensions
5.0; 5.3 (base) x 2.5; 6.0 (base) x 3.0; 7.1 (base) cm
Description
A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop the other. The bottom is marked “Hal Bieler 67” in red.
Subject
households
animals, squirrels
crafts
carving
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0004
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Date
1971 – 1971
Material
plaster; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0005
Description
A carved plaster bear walking across the top of a log base. The bear is painted black with a white muzzle,and the head is turned to one side. The bottom is marked “To Pearl Moore from Hal Bieler 71.”
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1971 – 1971
Material
plaster; wood
Dimensions
9.0 x 9.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
A carved plaster bear walking across the top of a log base. The bear is painted black with a white muzzle,and the head is turned to one side. The bottom is marked “To Pearl Moore from Hal Bieler 71.”
Subject
households
crafts
carving
animals, bears
Pearl Moore
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0005
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Date
1966 – 1973
Material
plaster
Catalogue Number
107.02.0007
Description
A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1966 – 1973
Material
plaster
Dimensions
6.7 x 4.5 x 4.7 cm
Description
A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
Subject
households
crafts
carving
animals, bears
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0007
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Date
n.d.
Material
skin; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
112.01.0015
Description
A stuffed bushytail woodrat with a fat body on short legs. The rat has a sharp face with a pointed nose, small ears, and long whiskers. The rat has a short bushy tail. The specimen is mounted with wire foot supports.
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Title
Animal Specimen
Date
n.d.
Material
skin; metal; glass
Dimensions
14.5 x 9.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
A stuffed bushytail woodrat with a fat body on short legs. The rat has a sharp face with a pointed nose, small ears, and long whiskers. The rat has a short bushy tail. The specimen is mounted with wire foot supports.
Subject
households
humour
animals, woodrat
crafts
taxidermy
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
112.01.0015
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; metal; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
108.05.0003
Description
A very true replica of a Jersey milk cow with tan and white coloured suede stretched over the carved wooden shape of a cow. The cow has wooden hooves and teats on the udder, with glass eyes, and hair at the end of the tail. The cow has a leather collar with a small round cowbell. The cow moos wh…
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Title
Animal Toy
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; metal; glass; metal
Dimensions
17.5 x 8.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
A very true replica of a Jersey milk cow with tan and white coloured suede stretched over the carved wooden shape of a cow. The cow has wooden hooves and teats on the udder, with glass eyes, and hair at the end of the tail. The cow has a leather collar with a small round cowbell. The cow moos when its head is turned.
Subject
industries, farming
toys
children
animals, cow
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.05.0003
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood, bamboo
Catalogue Number
104.33.0009
Description
Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of…
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Title
Anklung
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood, bamboo
Dimensions
39.0 x 4.2 x 25.2 cm
Description
Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of the frame is another hollow tube with two square holes at the top where the legs of suspended tubes attach.
Subject
households, music
hobbies
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0009
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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
102.04.0168
Description
A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid…
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Title
Antimacassar
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
21.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid rectangular centre with openwork bar across a repeating diamond pattern.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0168
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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood; feather; sinew
Catalogue Number
104.05.0038 a,b,c
Description
Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the…
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Title
Arrow
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood; feather; sinew
Dimensions
69.5 (a); 72.7 (b); 58.0 (c) cm
Description
Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the bottom of the featers. b) An arrow with bands of red, blue, and red under the feathers. c) An arrow with bands of blue, red, blue,yellow, blue, red, and blue under the feathers, and with a red band at the tip.
Subject
Indigenous
hunting
sports, archery
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0038 a,b,c
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
bone; feather; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.05.3001
Description
Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9…
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Title
Arrow
Date
prior to 1970
Material
bone; feather; metal; wood
Dimensions
1.2 (g) x 77.5 (g) cm
Description
Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9 cm) with no markings.g) Long arrow with thick shaft (77.5 x 1.2 cm) and a serrated bone arrowhead attached with waxed thread. The shaft is marked with red at the fletching and the arrowhead.h) Arrow (69.0 x 0.7 cm) with the fletching feathers cut square. There are red bands around the shaft and at the fletching. There is a metal (copper?) band at the tip.DO NOT DISPLAY AS OF JULY 2013: Corleigh Powderface (Belton)
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
carving
sports, archery
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.3001
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Date
2001 – 2003
Material
paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.39.1019
Description
Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.
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Title
Artist Assemblage
Date
2001 – 2003
Material
paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic
Dimensions
61.0 (apron) x 79.0 (apron) cm
Description
Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.
Subject
crafts
painting
Maureen Fair
flowers
Credit
Gift and purchased from Maureen Fair, Canmore, 2002
Catalogue Number
104.39.1019
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Date
1905 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.1076
Description
Tarnished metal ashtray, circular with rest for cigarette.
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Title
Ashtray
Date
1905 – 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
4.0 cm
Description
Tarnished metal ashtray, circular with rest for cigarette.
Subject
packers and guides
camping
smoking
Bert Riggall
Credit
Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
Catalogue Number
102.04.1076
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